Ole Lund Kirkegaard

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Ole Lund Kirkegaard (29 July 1940, Aarhus24 March 1979) was a Danish writer of children's literature and youth literature. He mainly wrote about the interaction between adult and child. The main character in his books is usually an anti-hero.

One night he had been sitting and drinking in a pub, he was on his way home feeling sick and fell over in the snow, drunk. There he froze to death, almost 39 years old.

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  • Lille Virgil (lit. Little Virgil), 1967
  • Albert, 1968
  • Orla Frøsnapper (lit. Orla Frogsnapper), 1969
  • Gusten Grodslukare (Gusten - frog sucker), 1969
  • Hodja fra Pjort (lit. Hodja from Pjort), 1970
  • Otto er et næsehorn (lit. Otto is a rhinoceros), 1972
  • Gummi-Tarzan (lit. Rubber-Tarzan), 1975
  • En flodhest i huset (lit. A hippopotamus in the house), 1978
  • Frode og alle de andre rødder (lit. Frode and all the other bullies), 1979
  • Per og bette Mads (lit. Per and wee Mads), 1981
  • Mig og Bedstefar - og så Nisse Pok (lit. Me and Grandpa - and then Nisse Pok), 1982
  • Tippe Tophat og andre fortællinger (lit. Tippe Tophat and other stories), 1982
  • Anton og Arnold flytter til byen (lit. Anton and Arnold moves to the city), 1988
  • Anton og Arnold i det vilde vesten (lit. Anton and Arnold in the wild west), 1988
  • Frække Friderik (lit. Naughty Friderik), 2008

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