91:an

91:an (Eng: № 91) is a popular bi-weekly Swedish comic book published by Egmont Kärnan AB. First brought out in 1956, it primarily publishes comic strips by Swedish cartoonists.

91:an cover, May, 2005.

Although it is read by some younger children it is mainly aimed at teenagers and adults, with 72% of its current readership aged 20 or over. Total readership is approximately 278,000.

The current editor is Karin Wahlund Franck.

The principal cartoon strip is 91:an, whose principal character, Mandel Karlsson, is a young man (aged perhaps 20 or 21) doing conscribed military service in the Swedish Army. His number is "91", thus he is widely known in Sweden as "91:an Karlsson", although in the modern comic strip itself he is almost always referred to as Mandel (Eng: Almond, an extremely unusual first name), or simply as "91:an".

From the very first edition two other strips have featured in every edition: Åsa-Nisse (which has also had its own comic book, periodically, since 1960) and Kronblom.

Historic line up

Other strips which have had runs in the comic are:

  • Acke (the American strip Archie)
  • Adamson (a Swedish strip which went on to great success in the United States, and worldwide, renamed as Silent Sam and Adamson's Adventures)
  • Agust
  • Biffen och Bananen
  • Flygsoldat 113 Bom
  • Frisk och Rask
  • Geniet
  • Herr Larsson
  • Historiska historier
  • Jönsson-Ligan
  • Knallhatten (the American strip Li'l Abner)
  • Lilla Fridolf (now has its own comic book)
  • Livet hemmavid
  • Olle Bull (the American strip Oaky Doaks)
  • Sputnik
  • Svenne Gurka
  • Tuffa Viktor (the English strip Andy Capp)
  • Uti vår hage (now has its own comic book)
  • Vimmelgrind
  • Vi å pappa (now published as an Annual)
  • Vår lilla stad

Current line up
  • 91:an
  • Åsa-Nisse
  • Kronblom
  • Livet hemmavid
  • Ferguson (every second issue)
  • Lilla Fridolf (occasional)
  • Flygsoldat 113 Bom (occasional)

91:an mot väggen

One of the key features of the comic is a remarkable readers' letters section, covering 2 pages, called 91:an mot väggen or Ställ 91:an mot väggen (Eng: Put No. 91 up against the wall). Here, one of the longest serving writers, Leif Bergendorff, replies to letters in an open and informative manner.

See also

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