91:an

91:an (Eng: № 91) is a popular bi-weekly Swedish comic book published by Egmont Kärnan AB. First brought out in 1956, it primarily publishes comic strips by Swedish cartoonists.

91:an
91:an cover, May 2005
Publication information
Publisher	Åhlén & Åkerlunds Youth Magazines (1956–1963) Semic Press (1963–1997) Egmont Kärnan AB (1997–present)
Schedule	Biweekly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Humor/comedy
Publication date	1956
No. of issues	595 (as of August 2021)
Main character(s)	Mandel Karlsson Åsa-Nisse Kronblom
Creative team
Written by	Leif Bergendorff
Editor(s)	Karin Wahlund Franck

Although it is read by some younger children it is mainly aimed at teenagers and adults, with 72% of its current readership aged 20 or over. Total readership is approximately 278,000.

The current editor is Karin Wahlund Franck.

Featured comic strips

The principal cartoon strip is 91:an, whose principal character, Mandel Karlsson, is a young man (aged perhaps 20 or 21) doing conscribed military service in the Swedish Army. His number is "91", thus he is widely known in Sweden as "91:an Karlsson", although in the modern comic strip itself he is almost always referred to as Mandel (Eng: Almond, an extremely unusual first name), or simply as "91:an".

From the very first edition two other strips have featured in every edition: Åsa-Nisse (which has also had its own comic book, periodically, since 1960) and Kronblom.

Historic line up

Other strips which have had runs in the comic are:

• Acke (the American strip Archie)
• Adamson (a Swedish strip which went on to great success in the United States, and worldwide, renamed as Silent Sam and Adamson's Adventures)
• Agust
• Biffen och Bananen
• Flygsoldat 113 Bom
• Frisk och Rask
• Geniet
• Herr Larsson
• Historiska historier
• Jönsson-Ligan
• Knallhatten (the American strip Li'l Abner)
• Lilla Fridolf (now has its own comic book)
• Livet hemmavid
• Olle Bull (the American strip Oaky Doaks)
• Sputnik
• Svenne Gurka
• Tuffa Viktor (the English strip Andy Capp)
• Uti vår hage (now has its own comic book)
• Vimmelgrind
• Vi å pappa (now published as an Annual)
• Vår lilla stad

Current line up

• 91:an
• Åsa-Nisse
• Kronblom
• Livet hemmavid
• Ferguson (every second issue)
• Lilla Fridolf (occasional)
• Flygsoldat 113 Bom (occasional)

91:an mot väggen

One of the key features of the comic is a remarkable readers' letters section, covering 2 pages, called 91:an mot väggen or Ställ 91:an mot väggen (Eng: Put No. 91 up against the wall). Here, one of the longest serving writers, Leif Bergendorff, replies to letters in an open and informative manner.

See also

• 91:an (comic strip)
• Mandel Karlsson

References

• 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Åhlén & Åkerlunds)
• 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Semic)
• 91:an at the Grand Comics Database (Egmont)