The Local Sweden

Forty years in comics for 'leftie bear' Bamse

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:45:00 +0100

A brown bear in blue dungarees dubbed "the world's strongest bear" celebrated 40 years of leading the battle for a kinder world this week, despite charges of being a communist and a turn-coat capitalist. Ursus comicus Bamse is The Local’s Swede of the Week.

Swedish artist turns Carl Bildt's tweets to cartoons

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:14:00 +0200

The Local catches up with a Swedish illustrator Henrik Tomenius, who has captured the interest of the world through his tongue-in-cheek illustrations of tweets by Sweden's Twitter-savvy foreign minister Carl Bildt.

Malmö gets sucked in to world of comics

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0100

The Local's Charlotte Webb sits down with World of Comics festival co-ordinator, Caroline Lund, to talk masks and multiculturalism in Malmö.

Library brings Nordic comics to the world

Sat, 21 May 2005 15:59:00 +0200

With a collection of over 9000 volumes, Stockholm's Serieteket is a unusual example of cultural innovation in Scandinavia: it is a library dedicated exclusively to the world's graphic novels, comic books and Nordic comic book creators.