Nils Egerbrandt

Nils Egerbrandt, born in Högalid, is mostly known as the artist of '91:an', the famous series about Swedish soldier Mandel Karlsson, which was started by Rudolf Petersson. Egerbrandt took over the series when Petersson retired in 1960. Other series he created in the 1950s were 'Mickel och Mackel', 'Geniet', 'Frisk och Rask' and the little eskimo 'Olli' (Dagens Nyheter, 1952).

He also made a comics version of Thomas Funck's fable characters 'Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll'. In the 1950s he worked in a studio with Rolf Gohs. Egerbrandt officially retired in 1991, but continued to draw '91:an' in the women's weekly Året Runt and 91:an magazine until his death in 2005.