Skogs-Ola/Urtigao/Jesper Skauen

[Anders Engwall]

Knut.Hunstad at veg.sintef.no (Knut Hunstad):

> The character named "Skogs-Ola " in Sweden and "Urtigao" in Brazil seems to 
> be the same guy who has been called "Jesper Skauen" (or sometimes "Jesper 
> Skaugen") in Norway. One story with him I remember is where HDL try to get a 
> photo of a very seldom bird and get help from this guy. The whole thing ends 
> up with his beard full of blueberry.
[...]
>Is this the same guy?

In short: Yes. The story you refer to was published in the Swedish weekly in
issue #7 of 1974 as "Den gr|n-n{bbade tr{dknackaren" ("The green-beaked
woodpecker"). This is not one of the greatest of Ola/Jesper/Urtigao stories,
IMO.

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