Smørbukk

It was started in 1938 by text writer Andreas Haavoll and illustrator Jens R.

[1] The first Smørbukk story was based on the fairytale Buttercup collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

[2] The strip appears in the children's magazine Norsk Barneblad, as well as in separate albums.

[3] In 1973, Solveig Muren Sanden and Johannes Farestveit received the first Comics Prize awarded by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture.

[3] In 2012 a bronze sculpture of "Smørbukk", made by Trygve Barstad, was unveiled in Vrådal, the home village of illustrator Solveig Muren Sanden.