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Ewert Karlsson
Ewert Karlsson
Born	Mogata
Died	6 January 2004 (aged 85)
Known for	caricature, editorial cartoon, illustrator

Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004), signature EWK, was a Swedish artist and political cartoonist. He drew for Aftonbladet and Land among others.^[1]

He illustrated Runer Jonsson's books about Vicke Viking.^[2]

In 1979 the EWK was declared Cartoonist of the year of The Sixteenth International Salon of Cartoons of Montréal. Attached to the general international Catalog^[3] as a tribute to the winning Artist, a personal anthological volume of his own is produced, limited to one thousand copies, by the city of Montréal and it is distributed to all the participating artists of the world^[4]

He was awarded the Illis quorum in both 1988 and 1993.^[5]

A museum about EWK and his drawings is located within the Museum of Work in Norrköping, Sweden.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Roos, Cecilia (5 January 2004). "Politiske tecknaren EWK har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
^ "Ewert Karlsson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 June 2009.
^ The Sixteenth International Salon of Cartoons, by Robert La Palme Directeur du Salon International of Cartoons, Ville de Montréal, Montréal 1979. 813 pages.
^ EWK, Cartoonist of the year 1979, The International Pavilion of Humour of Montréal, 1979, 72 pages
^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Kuivanen, Pauli Olavi (3 April 2008). "Dröm om EWK blir verklighet". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 June 2009.
^ "New EWK Museum inaugurated April 1". Nordstjernan. 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.