Mandel Karlsson
Mandel Karlsson, also known as 91:an Karlsson or 91:an, is a Swedish comic book character and the main protagonist in the comic strip series 91:an (Eng: № 91). He was created in 1932 by Rudolf Petersson. The series is now published in its own bi-weekly comic book, 91:an, and also as a single strip in the popular weekly women's magazine Året Runt. Mandel's personality Mandel Karlsson is based on two people Rudolf Petersson met during his national service in the Halland Regiment. He based his characters 91:an Karlsson and 87:an Axelsson on a man named Smålandian. Mandel Karlsson is a sympathetic character. During the first three decades, Mandel was fond of fighting, but became a less aggressive, gentler character during the highly successful period of Nils Egerbrandt's work, starting in the 1960s. Mandel Karlsson is a young man, aged perhaps 20 or 21, who is a military conscript in the Swedish Army. He is attached to the fictional Klackamo Regiment. His number is "91", thus he is widely known in Sweden as "91:an Karlsson", although in the comic strip itself he is almost always referred to as Mandel (Eng: Almond, an extremely unusual first name), or simply 91:an. Mandel is