Haaken Christensen

(1886 - 1974, Norway)

Brumle, by Haaken Christensen
Haaken Christensen worked for the advertising agency Høydahl-Ohme from 1930. This agency was owned by the authors of the comic series 'Nils og Blåmann', Ivar Mauritz-Hansen and Sigurd Winsnes. Mauritz-Hansen suggested that Christensen should start a comics series of his own. This resulted in the series about the bear 'Brumle', that appeared in Illustrert Familieblad from 1935 to 1958. 21 books appeared from 1935 to 1956.