Bertil Almqvist
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Bertil Almqvist

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Bertil Almqvist (August 29, 1902 - May 16, 1972), nicknamed Bertila, was a Swedish comic artist, author and musician famous for his World War II-era blue-and-yellow tiger propaganda poster En svensk tiger ("A Swedish tiger", untranslatable, but approx "A Swede is keeping his mouth shut" (in order not to reveal secrets to the warfaring powers)) which was - and still is - one of the most recognized symbols in and of…

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Sweden around this time. In the world of board games he was a regular artist for game publishers Aristospel, having illustrated, and in many cases also designed, games like Pluggspelet, Skogskarlarnas Orienteringsspel, Scout-spelet, Tjugo vita kor (not currently in BGG database) and more. Bertil Almqvist was also the author and artist behind immensly popular illustrated childrens book series Barna Hedenhös ("The Hedenhös children").

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Tjugo vita kossor 1955 0
Sverige-loppet 1952 0
Pluggspelet 1942 0
Olympiska spelet 1936 0
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