Kjell Aukrust

His memoirs of his childhood in Alvdal appeared in the series of three books: Simen, Bonden and Bror Min published in 1958, 1964 and 1960.

He created the Flåklypa society while being an illustrator and columnist for the magazine Mannskapsavisa, with characters such as Reodor Felgen, Solan Gundersen, Ludvig and Emanuel Desperados.

His column, which was modelled as a collection of satirical newspaper articles, was eventually renamed Flåklypa Tidende.

The protagonist Reodor Felgen (English version: Theodore Rimspoke) has become synonymous in Norway with Rube Goldberg type contraptions.

[1] Some of the characters who populated the village of Pinchcliffe were also the basis for the first full-length hand drawn animated feature in Norway, "Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa".