Sune (book series)

The Sune series is a series of children's/youth books by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The books have been published since 1984. The Sune books are set in fictional town of Glimmerdagg in Sweden, which just like Berts hometown Öreskoga is located somewhere between Karlskoga-Örebro. There is Söderskolan, for the grades 1–6. The Sune books are told in the third person perspective and using the present tense, while Bert is told as a first person narrative.

Sune

Sune Andersson is a Swedish schoolboy, living in a two-storey single-family house with his father Rudolf, his mother Karin, his big sister Anna and his little brother Håkan "Bråkan", and the third book, Självklart, Sune, also sees the birth of his little sister Isabelle. His complete name is Karl Sune Rudolf Andersson. Rudolf works in an occie, Karin in a library.

Just like Bert, Sune is interested in girls, and Sune also refers to himself as a "girl charmer" (in Swedish: "tjejtjusare"). His girlfriend and childhood friend is Sophie Blixt, but Sune even shows the interest for other girls, as long as they aren't evil.

Background

Back in 1983 Anders Jacobsson worked at a school in Karlskoga. Not much has happened since he attended the 1st grade. Once day Anders heard local radio wanting a radio program allowed to be about everything, just it had local connection. Anders wrote an episode about Sune, recorded it in his own studio, sending it to SR Örebro. The episode became popular, and the radio asked for an entire Sune series in the Örebro local radio. Anders wrote more episode, and soon angry listeners from the entire district called demanding to hear the continuation of "Sagan om Sune" (the "Fairytale About Sune"). Soon, Sune could be heard al across the districts. Several people were listening to Sune, both in the workplace and at home. Sune was a 7 year old boy in the 1st grade. His friend was Joakim Fröberg. Sune was not the "tough guy" who used to fight or play soccer. Instead, he was more interested into girls.

Local book publishing company "Hegas" contacted Anders Jacobsson asking to publish the book. Sören Olsson illustrated the book boken "Sagan om Sune", published in time for Christmas 1984. The second book was, "Sune börjar tvåan" ("Sune Starts the Second Grade") from 1985, where Sören Olsson also begun writing. The 3rd book, "Självklart, Sune" ("Of Course, Sune"), was released in 1986 crediting them both as writers. The book "Sune och Svarta Mannen" ("Sune and the Black Man"), was released in 1989 and was thought to complete the Sune series, giving space for the two year old Bert series. But instead, both series continued leaping parallel.

Two television Christmas calendars are based on the Sune books: Sunes jul from 1991 and Håkan Bråkan from 2003. In 1998, Familjen Anderssons sjuka jul was the radio calendar. A feature film opened in 1993, based on the book Sunes sommar, and the film Håkan Bråkan & Josef opened in 2004.

Television series

The animated television Series consists of a 9 year old Sune. Sophie acts more like a tomboy, and Sune doesn't seem to have fallen in love with her. They have a friend, Herman, an intelligent but more silent guy.

Books

• 1984 – Sagan om Sune ("The Tale About Sune")
• 1985 – Sune börjar tvåan ("Sune Starts the Second Grade")
• 1986 – Självklart, Sune ("Of Course, Sune")
• 1989 – Sune och Svarta Mannen ("Sune and the Dark Man")
• 1989 – Tjejtjusaren Sune ("Sune, the Girl Charmer")
• 1991 – Duktigt, Sune! ("Well Done, Sune!")
• 1992 – Sunes jul ("Sune's Christmas")
• 1994 – Sunes sommar ("Sune's Summer")
• 1994 – Supersnuten Sune ("Sune, the Super Cop")
• 1995 – Sune älskar Sophie ("Sune Loves Sophie")
• 1996 – Sunes hjärnsläpp ("Sune's Brain Drop")
• 1997 – Sunes hemligheter ("Sune's Secrets")
• 1997 – Gult är fult, Sune ("Yellow is Ugly, Sune")
• 1998 – Plugghästen Sune ("Sune, the Swot")
• 1998 – Sune och familjen Anderssons sjuka jul ("Sune and the Andersson Family's Sick Christmas")
• 1999 – Sune och klantpappan ("Sune and the Clumsy Father")
• 2000 – Sunes största kärlekar ("Sune's Greatest Loves")
• 2001 – Släkten är värst, Sune ("Meet the Parents, Sune")
• 2002 – Sune och Mamma Mysko ("Sune and the Weird Mother")
• 2003 – Sune och Tant Tonåring ("Sune and the Teenage Lady")
• 2004 – Allt är guld, Sune ("Everything is Golden, Sune")
• 2005 – Sune och syster vampyr ("Sune and Sister Vampire")
• 2006 – Spik och panik Sune ("Nails and Panic, Sune")
• 2007 – Fy katten, Sune ("Red Cats, Sune")
• 2008 – Sunes tusen tjusarknep ("Sune's Thousand Charming Tricks")
• 2009 – Sune i Grekland ("Sune in Greece")
• 2010 – Skämtaren Sune ("Sune the Joker")
• 2011 – Sunes skolresa ("Sune's School Trip")
• 2012 – Sune och tjejhatarligan ("Sune and the Girl-Hating Gang")
• 2013 – Sune och roboten Rudolf ("Sune and Rudolf, the Robot")

Characters

Andersson family:

• Sune
• Mother Karin
• Father Rudolf
• Big sister Anna (4 years older than Sune)
• Little brother Håkan "Bråkan" (2 years younger than Sune, "Bråkan" is a play on the Swedish word "bråk" which means fight)
• Little sister Isabelle (born in book 3, Självklart, Sune), 9 years younger than Sune

Blixt family:

• Sune's girlfriend Sophie Blixt
• Mother Yvonne
• Father Ragnar
• Håkan's friend Pär "Päron"

Sune's classmates:

• Sune's best friend Joakim Fröberg
• Maria Perez

Other characters:

• Sune's "lågstadium" teacher Ulla-Lena Frid

See also

• Bert diaries

External links

• Official website