Thorbj\u00f8rn Egner f\u00e6ddist \u00ed einu af eldri hverfum Osl\u00f3ar 12. desember 1912. Hann var mennta\u00f0ur \u00ed myndlist og starfa\u00f0i lengi vi\u00f0 augl\u00fdsingager\u00f0 og myndskreytingar. Snemma \u00e1 str\u00ed\u00f0s\u00e1runum f\u00f3r Egner a\u00f0 semja s\u00f6gur fyrir b\u00f6rn. Hann \u00e1tti a\u00f0 baki yfir tuttugu barnab\u00e6kur \u00feegar elsta verki\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feessu safni, sagan um Kar\u00edus og Baktus, kom \u00fat \u00ed Noregi 1949. Egner heilla\u00f0ist ungur af leiklist, samdi leik\u00fe\u00e6tti og bj\u00f3 til leikbr\u00fa\u00f0ur \u00feegar \u00e1 n\u00e1ms\u00e1rum s\u00ednum. B\u00e6kur hans ur\u00f0u til \u00feess a\u00f0 hann var r\u00e1\u00f0inn vi\u00f0 barnat\u00edma norska r\u00edkis\u00fatvarpsins 1946. \u00dear heyr\u00f0ust raddir \u00feeirra Kar\u00edusar og Baktusar, Mikka refs og Soff\u00edu fr\u00e6nku fyrst.<\/p>\n
Egner var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur ma\u00f0ur. Hann skrifa\u00f0i s\u00f6gur og leikrit, samdi v\u00edsur og s\u00f6ngl\u00f6g, teikna\u00f0i og m\u00e1la\u00f0i myndir \u00ed b\u00e6kur s\u00ednar og leikmyndir og b\u00faninga fyrir svi\u00f0setningar \u00e1 verkum s\u00ednum. Hann t\u00f3k einnig saman lestrarb\u00e6kur fyrir sk\u00f3la og var mikilvirkur \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0andi. \u00deegar s\u00f6gur hans t\u00f3ku a\u00f0 umbreytast \u00ed leiks\u00fdningar \u00ed Noregi seint \u00e1 sj\u00f6tta \u00e1ratug 20. aldar var Egner allt \u00ed \u00f6llu; teikna\u00f0i b\u00faninga, hanna\u00f0i leikmynd og bj\u00f3 til plak\u00f6t.<\/p>\n
Thorbj\u00f8rn Egner l\u00e9st \u00e1 a\u00f0fangadag j\u00f3la \u00e1ri\u00f0 1990 og \u00e1tti \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 baki fj\u00f6lskr\u00fa\u00f0ugan feril. \u00de\u00e1 var hann l\u00f6ngu or\u00f0inn \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kunnur ma\u00f0ur \u00ed heimalandi s\u00ednu og vins\u00e6ll v\u00ed\u00f0a, m.a. h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi. Verk hans og pers\u00f3nur lifa g\u00f3\u00f0u l\u00edfi eins og svi\u00f0suppf\u00e6rslur \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fassins \u00e1 D\u00fdrunum \u00ed H\u00e1lsask\u00f3gi og Kar\u00edusi og Baktusi \u00e1ri\u00f0 2012 s\u00fdna. Hulda Valt\u00fdsd\u00f3ttir \u00fe\u00fdddi b\u00e6\u00f0i leikrit Egners og barnab\u00e6kur og Kristj\u00e1n fr\u00e1 Dj\u00fapal\u00e6k \u00fe\u00fdddi lj\u00f3\u00f0in. B\u00e6kurnar um Kar\u00edus og Baktus, Kardemommub\u00e6inn og D\u00fdrin \u00ed H\u00e1lsask\u00f3gi hafa veri\u00f0 vins\u00e6lar h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi um \u00e1ratugaskei\u00f0 sem og pl\u00f6tur og hlj\u00f3mdiskar me\u00f0 leikritunum sem voru hlj\u00f3\u00f0ritu\u00f0 \u00ed R\u00edkis\u00fatvarpinu. Allt \u00feetta efni er var\u00f0veitt \u00ed Landsb\u00f3kasafni \u00cdslands \u2013 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lab\u00f3kasafni.<\/p>\n
Samstarf Egners vi\u00f0 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fasi\u00f0 var gott og langt. Hann kom til landsins vori\u00f0 1961 er s\u00fdningum var a\u00f0 lj\u00faka \u00e1 Kardemommub\u00e6num og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist \u00fe\u00e1 um landi\u00f0. Egner ger\u00f0i leikmynd og b\u00faninga vi\u00f0 nokkrar s\u00fdningar \u00e1 eigin verkum \u00ed \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fasinu, og gaf \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fasinu b\u00faninga- og leikmyndateikningar s\u00ednar. Fyrir fyrstu uppsetninguna \u00e1 Kardemommub\u00e6num 1959 \u00fatbj\u00f3 hann vinnuteikningar af svi\u00f0inu, leikmunalista og n\u00e1kv\u00e6ma l\u00fdsingu \u00e1 svi\u00f0sb\u00fana\u00f0i. \u00deegar svi\u00f0setningin var endurvakin 1965 stofna\u00f0i hann sj\u00f3\u00f0 fyrir listamenn vi\u00f0 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikhh\u00fasi\u00f0 sem hefur styrkt \u00fe\u00e1 marga til utanfarar. \u00deegar Egner var or\u00f0inn aldra\u00f0ur gaf hann til allrar framt\u00ed\u00f0ar h\u00f6fundarlaun s\u00edn af svi\u00f0setninugm verka sinna til \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fassin og skyldu \u00feau renna til Egner-sj\u00f3\u00f0sins.<\/p>\n
Svi\u00f0setning \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fassins \u00e1 D\u00fdrunum \u00ed H\u00e1lsask\u00f3gi \u00ed n\u00f3vember 1962 var heimsfrums\u00fdning \u00fear sem leikarar f\u00f3ru me\u00f0 hlutverkin, en \u00e1\u00f0ur haf\u00f0i verki\u00f0 veri\u00f0 flutt \u00ed br\u00fa\u00f0uleikh\u00fasi \u00ed Noregi. Um \u00feessar mundir eru \u00fev\u00ed li\u00f0in 50 \u00e1r fr\u00e1 frumuppf\u00e6rslunni \u00e1 \u00feeirri s\u00fdningu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cd tilefni af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00ed dag, 12. desember, eru 100 \u00e1r li\u00f0in fr\u00e1 f\u00e6\u00f0ingu norska barnab\u00f3ka og leikritah\u00f6fundarins Thorbj\u00f8rns Egner, stendur Landsb\u00f3kasafni\u00f0 – H\u00e1sk\u00f3lasafn, \u00ed samvinnu vi\u00f0 sendir\u00e1\u00f0 Noregs, Nasjonalbibliteket \u00ed Osl\u00f3, \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0leikh\u00fasi\u00f0 og Leikminjasafni\u00f0, fyrir s\u00fdningu tengdri Egner en hann, auk \u00feess a\u00f0 semja verkin og t\u00f3nlistina vi\u00f0 \u00feau, hanna\u00f0i hann gjarnan b\u00faninga, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allar-frir","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiklist.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}