Hvepsen

Hvepsen
Categories Satirical magazine
Year founded 1905
Final issue 1926
Country Norway
Language Norwegian

Hvepsen (meaning "The Wasp" in English) was a Norwegian humorous and satirical magazine.

History and profile

Hvepsen was founded in 1905 by people involved in the labour movement in Kristiania, including Joh. Johansen. Ole O. Lian, Marius Ormestad, Lyder Strøm and Hans Østerholt.[1] Østerholt was the editor-in-chief from 1905 to 1925.[2]

The frequency of the magazine changed three times. It was published monthly from its inception to 1908.[3] Next it was published bimonthly from 1909 to 1912.[3] Then it was a weekly until its disestablishment in 1926.[3]

Illustrators for Hvepsen included Jens R. Nilssen[4][5] and text contributors included Johan Falkberget.[1] Falkberget's Bør Børson was first published as a feuilleton in Hvepsen.[2]

The 1920 were tumultuous times. The Norwegian Labour Party saw two parties split away, and Hvepsen supported the new Social Democratic Labour Party of Norway. For this reason the magazine was evicted from Folkets Hus in 1922. It went defunct in 1926,[3] and the publishing rights were held by Arbeidermagasinet until 1932.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kjeldstadli, Knut. "”Hvepsen”". In Dahl; Elster; Iversen; Nørve; Romøren; Slagstad; Vaa. Pax Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax Forlag. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Lill-Ann Jensen. "Hans Østerholt". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Peter Brooker; Sascha Bru; Andrew Thacker; Christian Weikop (21 February 2013). The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume III: Europe 1880 - 1940. Oxford University Press. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-19-965958-6. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jens R. Nilssen". Lambiek. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. ↑ P. E. Hem; E. Hem (December 2012). "Regulations with plenty of loopholes – the doctors’ prescription rights during the era of prohibition 1916–1926". Tidsskr Nor Legeforen. 23. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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