Sigurd Lybeck

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Sigurd Lybeck (25 September 1895 – 5 November 1975) was a Norwegian writer. He is most commonly associated his writting featuring the popular literary figure, Jens von Bustenskjold . [1] [2]

Jens von Bustenskjold is the title of a Norwegian comic strip, which appeared in Arbeidermagasinet from 1934 to 1970. It's a humoristic comic about a nobleman. The series was created by Sigurd Lybeck, and illustrated by Anders Bjørgaard. It was adapted into the 1958 comedy film Bustenskjold.

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Biography

Lybeck was born in the parish of Etnedal in Oppland, Norway. He was the youngest of four brothers raised on the Lybekk farm. He received training in Kristiania (nor Oslo) and was employed as a forest worker. [3]

Etnedal Municipality in Oppland, Norway

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Oppland County (fylke) of Norway

Oppland[²ɔplɑn](listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway.

He also wrote several popular novels and stories, mostly published as feuilletons in newspapers and magazines. He wrote in a popular humorous sequel style. His breakthrough was the series De giftegalne kaller i Oladalen, published in Arbeidermagasinet in 1928. He is particularly remembered as the creator of the fictional character Jens von Bustenskjold from the rural valley of Oladalen. Lybeck was the author of the series which was illustrated by Anders Bjørgaard (1891-1967) and appeared in Arbeidermagasinet from 1935. Bustenskjold also was the main character in a comic book series published between 1934-1970. The 1958 comedy film Bustenskjold by director Helge Lunde (1900-1987) was based on this series and had comic actor Leif Juster (1910-1995) playing the title character. [3] [4] [5] [6]

A feuilleton was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle of the latest fashions, and epigrams, charades and other literary trifles. The term feuilleton was invented by the editors of the French Journal des débats; Julien Louis Geoffroy and Bertin the Elder, in 1800. The feuilleton has been described as a "talk of the town", and a contemporary English-language example of the form is the "Talk of the Town" section of The New Yorker.

Arbeidermagasinet was a Norwegian weekly literary magazine established in 1927. It changed its name to Magasinet For Alle in 1953, and ceased publication in 1970. The magazine is especially noted for its literary quality and its promotion of the short story.

Anders Bjørgaard was a Norwegian illustrator.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sigurd Lybeck". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jens von Bustenskjold". Etnedal Kommune. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Bakken, Willy. "Sigurd Lybeck". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Øyvind Holen. "Jens von Bustenskjold". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Anders Bjørgaard". Lambiek. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Juster, Leif". Ballade. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

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