#swedish comics

[coupleofdays]

"Yes, poor people must always fight against the rich to get a little justice."

Famous panel from an early Bamse comic (1973), drawn and written by Rune Andréasson.

[copcomco]

A Garden of the Spheres by Linnea Sterte

Long in the works (since at least 2021), A Garden of the Spheres is an epic – and stunningly beautiful – work of comics fantasy, of the world-building, science-fictional variety. The world Sterte has built for us here is a world of gods and monsters, one that evokes our pre-industrial past, when humans lived more in harmony with nature, while simultaneously embodying a magical and mythical halcyon age where occurrences and abilities that we, today, would call supernatural are simply presented as de facto, and so constitutes an alternate, fantastical history, a kind of “never was”. 

This volume is her most substantial work to date, running 336 pages, craft printed on a choice of papers perfectly suited for the work, which allow the colors to recede or advance, to simmer or pop, so as to best convey the moment and mood, all signature bound in a softcover with French-flapped dustjacket; and it's only "Book One".

Available HERE

[tankgirlfan23]

TANK GIRL in Swedish!!!

[putall]

Moa Romanova, from the upcoming graphic novel Buff Soul (original Swedish title På glid) (Fantagraphics, 2025)

[batmanonthecover]

LADERLAPPAN  #8 - August 1967 (Centerförlaget - Sweden)

Swedish reprint series.

[raz-b-rose]

My moms Swedish 365 days of Donald Duck Comic Book. I would just stare at these pages for hours, using context clues to understand.

She says Donald Duck is the most popular in Sweden. It has HDL and Daisy in it as well I love this book.

@tomb-bloom-noctem @alyssa015 @lizzaroona @snow-rain

Edit: our classic bad luck boi 💛

[coupleofdays]

Rabbit firefighters from the Bamse magazine strip, the comic book, and the animated version, all drawn by Rune Andréasson.

[coupleofdays]

I’ve posted a few panels and sequences from various Swedish Bamse comics on here, some of which are fairly well-remembered by certain generations of Swedes. But now, it’s time for the big one, the one that has occasionally been described as “the most memorable Bamse panel of all”. Some Swedish readers probably already know what I’m referring to: The hug.

But first, a little context: During the 80s, Bamse and his wife, Brummelisa, had three children. In issue 9, 1985, of the Bamse comic book, these kids are talking to one of their friends who is proud to show off her newborn young sibling. One of Bamse’s kids, being somewhat jealous, tells the friend that they’re also going to have a new sibling. Word starts to get around, and eventually reaches Bamse and Brummelisa, who are, needless to say, both quite surprised. When they figure out how the rumor started, they don’t make a big deal out of it.

But then…

“In the evening, when the kids have gone to sleep, they sit for a while in front of the TV…”

“Then Brummelisa whispers something in Bamse’s ear.”

“And that night, they hug each other for a long time…”

And that’s where the comic ends. In future issues, Brummelisa is pregnant, and eventually gives birth to her fourth child.

It’s that last panel that has stuck with me, and probably most other Bamse readers at the time. The fact that a funny-animals comic for children went there. That it didn’t shy away from it, that it said yes, this where babies come from.