- Kronblom
Infobox comic strip
title= Kronblom
caption= Kronblom Christmas album from 1978.
author=Elov Persson
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status= Running
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publisher= Semic
first=1927-07-17
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genre= Humor
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followed by=Kronblom is a popular Swedish
comic strip created byElov Persson in 1927. It is published biweekly in Sweden in the comic book "", along with a number of other comic strips, and in the weekly magazine "Allers".Elov's son,
Gunnar Persson , took over the comic strip in 1968 when his father died. Jonas Persson, Gunnar's son, started drawing the comic strip in 2006 together with his father.Story
Kronblom is a man in his 60's that lives with his wife Malin in a small town called Vinkelboda (partly based on Elov Persson's hometown
Torsåker ) in Sweden. He's recognizable for his long nose and lanky body. He's also bald and often wears a blue hat.Kronblom has an aversion to work, which is why he's constantly broke. He spends most of his days sleeping on the kitchen sofa, much to the anger of Malin. To avoid chores given to him by her, he goes fishing or hunting.
When Kronblom's mother in law (whom he hates) comes to visit, he likes to play pranks on her so that she'll leave.
History
In 1927,
Elov Persson sent in his draft for a new comedy strip to the publisher company "Åhlén & Åkerlunds". Persson, who had previously worked on the comic strip "Kaspersson" in the magazine "Smålänningen", wanted to be able to support himself on his comic strips, and hoped that his bald character with a long nose (later namned Kronblom) would be appreciated by Åhlén & Åkerlunds, and it was. The first Kronblom strip was published in the weekly magazine "Allt för Alla" onJuly 17 ,1927 in Sweden.The strip became an instant success, and in 1932 it moved to the the Swedish magazine "Året Runt". 55 years later, in 1987, it moved to another Swedish magazine, Allers, where it's still published as of today. The strip can also be found in the Swedish comic book , which is published biweekly.
A Christmas album of Kronblom has been published in Sweden every year since 1930, that contains all Kronblom comic strips that's been published the same year in Allers and .
Elov's son,
Gunnar Persson took over the comic strip in 1968 when his father died. In 2006, Gunnar's son Jonas Persson started drawing the comic strip together with his father.A weekly Kronblom
comic book was created in 1997, but was canceled after only 4 issues due to bad sales.Kronblom has been the mascot of the Swedish football team
Örebro SK since 1987.Kronblom in other media
Two live action films based on the strip have been made in Sweden. The first, entitled "Kronblom", was released in 1947, and the second one, entitled "Kronblom kommer till stan" (English: "Kronblom comes to the city") was released in 1949.
During the 1950's, a show about Kronblom, written by Gits Olsson, aired on the radio in Sweden.
Awards
In 1966, Elov Persson won an Adamson Award in the "Best Swedish comic-strip (or comic book) cartoonist" category for his comic strips "Kronblom" and "August och Lotta". Gunnar Persson won an award in the same category in 1981 for his work on "Kronblom".
ee also
*
List of comic strips
*Åsa-Nisse
*External links
* [http://web.telia.com/~u19204580/Kronblom.html Official website] (Swedish)
* [http://seriewikin.serieframjandet.se/index.php/Kronblom Kronblom at Serie Wikin] (Swedish)
*imdb title|id=0039541|title=Kronblom (first film)
*imdb title|id=0041561|title=Kronblom kommer still stan (second film)
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