Ib Spang Olsen

[1][2] For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator Olsen received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1972.

[2] He had a modest upbringing but his memories of his childhood remained and became inspirations for his humorous and grotesque pencil drawings of everyday life.

[2] Lasse began a documentary film about his father in 2005 entitled Det er med hjertet man ser.

[2] He first worked as a cartoonist in 1942 for the Hjemmets Søndag section of the Social-Demokraten, a trade union newspaper (now the Aktuelt).

Olsen is known for his experimental forms and one of the artistic highlights is Det lille lokomotiv (The Little Train), which was published in 1954.