Sven Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about an old farmer, Pettson, and his talented cat, Findus.
Nordqvist was born in Helsingborg and grew up in Halmstad, Sweden. He originally wanted to be an illustrator but was rejected by several art schools. Instead he studied architecture at Lund Institute of Technology, and worked for a time there as a lecturer in architecture. At the same time he continued to look for work as an illustrator working on advertisements, posters and picture books. In 1983 he won first prize in a children's book competition and since then has worked exclusively as an author and illustrator of children's books.
He is married and has two grown sons.
During his career, he has been given awards in both Sweden and Germany. His Pettson and Findus books are especially popular in Germany, where the characters are known as Pettersson and Findus. In Danish they are called Peddersen and Findus. In Finnish they are called Pesonen and Viiru. And in English, Festus and Mercury, though English translations of the books exist with the original names kept.
In 2007 he won the literary award Augustpriset in the children's books category, for his book Var 盲r min syster? ("Where is my sister?"). In 1992 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
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Heerlijk boek. Niets zo fijn als even de de wereld van de oude uitvinder Pettson en zijn bijzonder eigenwijze kat Findus in te duiken, de tekeningen zijn zo gezellig en zitten altijd vol met kleine grapjes, hoe langer je kijkt hoe meer je ziet. Ben dol op de verhalen van Pettson en Findus. Ik geniet van hun huis-tuin-en-keukenleven, de kneuterigheid en de uitvindingen die ze telkens weer verzinnen en in elkaar knutselen (die zijn geweldig!). De oude Pettson en zijn kat botsen geregeld, maar oh die kleine harten, zonder elkaar kunnen ze niet. Hun kleine wereld heeft niets moderns en als je over ze leest weet je dat het grootste geluk en liefde meer ook niet nodig heeft.
This story was so cute and adorable, I smiled the entire way through. I listened to the German audiobook and it was so well done 鈥撎齀 can only imagine the kids' reactions when listening to the fun voices, the story, and the fun musical interludes. A perfect Christmas-story that reminds the reader (or listener) that it is all about love.
This was one of the recommendations for our December book club and it is a book definitely worth reading! A perfect Christmas-story that reminds the reader (or listener) that it is all about love.
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I can't tell you how many times I've read this as a child, or rather- How many times I forced my dad to read this to me. My dad is very much like Pettson. That's one reason why this book is so close to me.
I love it. The stories within the story, the characters, the pictures, the pacing. Everything is as fantastic as a children's book is suppose to be. Full of Christmas and full of heart.
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