Nils Olof Iwar Donnér, who went by the name Iwar Donnér, ((1884-03-31)31 March 1884 – 1964) was a Swedish artist and illustrator Iwar Donnér was born in Sölvesborg in 1884 to August Donner, who was the mayor of the town, and Alma Lundgren Donner.
At a young age he went to see above the British ship Ewardina that cruised between the UK and Rangoon, until she sank whilst he was on leave in Liverpool.
Donnér began studying art at Valand Academy in Gothenburg, which was followed by a ten-year period 1910–20 in Copenhagen where he made the acquaintance of the Swedish female author Ulla Bjerne.
[2][3][4] During his stay in Copenhagen Donnér made his name as an illustrator drawing humorous cartoons for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and later worked for Dagens Nyheter and Stockholms-Tidningen.
[5] In 1915 he was married to Cätschen Looft, and from 1930–38 to Astrid Cassel.