Sune (book series)

Sune series

Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson read from a Sune book during the 2014 Gothenburg Book Fair
Author Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson
Illustrator Sören Olsson
Cover artist Sören Olsson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre children
Publisher Rabén & Sjögren
Published 1984-

The Sune series is a series of children's/youth books published since 1984 by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The stories are originally a radio series, produced as totally 90 episodes for Swedish radio between 1983-1993.[1] The stories are set in the fictional town of Glimmerdagg in Sweden, which, like Bert's hometown Öreskoga, is located somewhere between Karlskoga and Örebro. There is Söderskolan, for the grades 1–6. The Sune books are told in the third person perspective and using the present tense, and imperfect during flashback scenes, 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". The third book, Självklart, Sune, also sees the birth of his little sister Isabelle. His complete name is "Karl Sune Rudolf Andersson." Karin works in a library.

Just like Bert, Sune is interested in girls, and refers to himself as a "girl charmer" (in Swedish: "tjejtjusare"). His girlfriend and childhood friend is Sophie Blixt, and Sune shows 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 first grade, children still played the same games and children's and youth literature very the same.[2] Once day Anders heard local radio wanting a radio program allowed to be about everything, as long as it had a local connection. Anders wrote an episode about Sune, recorded it in his own studio, and sent 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 episodes, 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 all across the districts. Many people listened to Sune 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 typical "tough guy" who used to fight or play soccer. Instead, he was more interested into girls.[3]

The local book publishing company Hegas contacted Anders Jacobsson asking to publish the book. Sören Olsson illustrated the book Sagan om Sune, published in time for Christmas 1984. The second book was Sune börjar tvåan ("Sune Starts the Second Grade") in 1985, when Sören Olsson also began writing. The 3rd book, Självklart, Sune ("Of Course, Sune"), was released in 1986, crediting them both as writers. Sune och Svarta Mannen ("Sune and the Dark 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 running, parallel to each other.

Two SVT 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 Sveriges 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.

Films

Following films have been recorded.

Books

Characters

Andersson family:

Blixt family:

Sune's classmates:

Other characters:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Detta har hänt" (in Swedish). Sören Olssons webbplats. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Andreas Ericson (24 March 2015). "Vi vill visa på hoppet och möjligheten" (in Sweidsh). Neo. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sunes signum: känsligheten" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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