Provided by Wikipedia Sven Otto Rickard Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist.
![Sven Nordqvist at the [[Gothenburg Book Fair]] 2010.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Sven_Nordqvist_03.JPG)