Hvepsen was founded in 1905 by people involved in the labour movement in Kristiania, including John Johansen, Ole O. Lian, Marius Ormestad, Lyder Strøm and Hans Østerholt.
[3] Illustrators for Hvepsen included Jens R. Nilssen[4][5] and text contributors included Johan Falkberget.
[1] Falkberget's Bør Børson was first published as a feuilleton in Hvepsen.
For this reason the magazine was evicted from Folkets Hus in 1922.
It went defunct in 1926,[3] and the publishing rights were held by Arbeidermagasinet until 1932.