Bjørn Ousland

{{Short description | Norwegian illustrator, children's writer and comics writer}}

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| name = Bjørn Ousland

| image = Øyvind Torseter, Bjørn Ousland, David Boller und Joscha Sauer mit Wolle Strzyz auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019, 03 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bjørn Ousland at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019.

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1959|5|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = Illustrator, comics writer and children's writer

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• Brage Prize (2007) }}

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Bjørn Ousland (born 14 May 1959) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer and comics writer. His breakthrough was the album series Solruns saga from 1988 to 1993. Among his later albums are Mumle Gåsegg from 1999, Soria Moria slott from 2000, and Grimsborken from 2002, all adapted from Norwegian fairy tales.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Bjørn Ousland |first=Jon |last=Gisle |authorlink=Jon Gisle |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Bjørn_Ousland |language=Norwegian | accessdate=4 March 2011 }} He was awarded the Brage Prize (open class) in 2007, jointly with Jon Ewo.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Brageprisen |first=Anne Grete|last=Nilsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Brageprisen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=4 March 2011 }}