For the love of a new puppy what should we name him ? How about Bamse ?
"Bamse?" said Jenny
Yes friends. This is what happens to Swedish Americans ,they lose touch with the important things in life. So dear sweet little Jenny who doesn't know who Bamse is....here we go.
Bamse is the world's strongest bear. He becomes the world's strongest bear by eating a type of honey called, dunderhonung or thunder honey. Which I might add is prepared for him by his grandmother. So little yum yum Jenny, you must know that if anyone other than Bamse eats this honey they get a 3 day tummy ache.
Bamse is also a very kind bear who often helps those in need.
Just like you Jenny, Bamse has a best bunny friend, his name is lille skutt which means little hop. He is very fast and because he is so quick, he has been given the job of delivering the mail. Not like your rabbit , who eats all of the carrots in Lille's garden. He also frightens very easily and is never very willing to enter into these adventures with Bamse , but he does because he is a good friend. Did I mention that his dogs name is Fuzzy ?
There is a very fun turtle who invents many things, just like grampie. These great inventions include things like spaceships and time machines. He carries everything he needs in his shell. He invented a clock which tells him when to sleep and when to eat. He is very into his routine and even in the middle of an adventure he won't wake up if it is sleeping time. He even plays chess against himself and has beaten the world's best chess player. His name is Skalman, pronounced Shellman.
At first Bamse was a TV cartoon and a comic strip in the newspaper. Now Bamse has his very own comic books since a very long time. This story has gone on so long that Bamse is now married to his sweetheart,Brummelisa and they have 4 children, Brum, Teddy, Nalla-Maja, and Brumma. Just like Bamse, Lille Skut is married too, to Brummelisa's best friend Nina Kanin. They have this really hyper,fearless child Mini Hopp. He is just too funny in the stories.
There are a few bad guys too....
Croesus Vole
A millionaire with a large number of fixing-voles at his service. He's the worst 'bad guy' in Bamse but, there is never proof that he is behind all the tricks. Only his fixing-voles get caught.
The Wolf
In the early episodes, the Wolf was world champion in being bad. Bamse however tried to be nice to him and eventually the Wolf changed. He found that if he acted nicely he got a lot of new friends. His only problem was that he was lonely. Many of the episodes in Bamse are about evil people who are turned good if you are kind to them.
The first issue came out in 1973 in Sweden and has been one of the children's favorite in Sweden ever since. Bamse's father is his drawer Rune Andréasson. Today Runes son Dan also draws Bamse. Nowadays not only children in Sweden can enjoy Bamse, but he's spread all over Scandinavia. The comic is more or less moralizing and teaches the children good behavior and morals.
So Jenny.....I'm looking all through our bookshelves to bring you a copy of Bamse. If you can't wait ,go to Farmor's house and she has a whole bookcase full.
