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{{Short description|Norwegian illustrator and comics artist}}
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| awards = [[King's Medal of Merit]] in silver (2001)<ref name=snl/>
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'''Solveig Muren Sanden''' (17 April 1918 – 23 November 2013) was a Norwegian illustrator and [[comics artist]]. She was born in [[Vrådal]] in [[Kviteseid]]. She published her first illustration in the children's magazine ''[[Norsk Barneblad]]'' in 1932. She is known for the comics series ''Tuss og Troll'' and ''[[Smørbukk]]''. In 1973 she was the first recipient of [[Ministry of Culture (Norway)|Norwegian Ministry of Culture]]'s comics prize.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Solveig Muren Sanden |first=Øyvind |last=Holen |authorlink=Øyvind Holen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Solveig_Muren_Sanden |language=Norwegian|accessdate=30 November 2013}}</ref> A bronze sculpture of "Smørbukk", made by Trygve Barstad, was unveiled in Vrådal in 2012.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Smørbukk kom heim |first=John|last=Straume|year=2012|volume=16 |issue=3|page=4|location =Edland |magazine=Telemarksmagasinet}}</ref>

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==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.smorbukk.webs.com/sms.htm |title=Smørbukk på nett |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105193654/www.smorbukk.webs.com/sms.htm |archive-date=2013-01-05 |df= }}

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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kviteseid]]
[[Category:Norwegian illustrators]]
[[Category:Norwegian comics artists]]
[[Category:Norwegian female comics artists]]
[[Category:Norwegian women illustrators]]


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