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Orla Frøsnapper
"Vores by er fuld af bøller og andre store dumme fyre, som ikke kan lade flinke drenge som mig og Jacob og et par stykker til gå i fred." Sådan siger bogens lille bandit af en fortæller. Og han ved, hvad han snakker om: ikke mindst Orla Frø-Snapper, som vistnok engang har spist en levende frø, prøver på alle mulige måder at få ram på "Jacob og mig." Til sidst havner drengenes overmand med hensyn til gale streger dog i et omrejsende cirkus.
84 pages
First published January 1, 1969
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Ole Lund Kirkegaard
40 books42 followersOle Lund Kirkegaard, 1940-1979, dansk forfatter af børnebøger, som han selv har illustreret.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets normer og autoriteter, dvs. fortravlede voksne, som har glemt at være børn.
En mere eventyrlig side findes i bøger som Hodja fra Pjort (1970) om drengen, der drager ud i den store verden for at finde sit flyvende tæppe, og Otto er et næsehorn (1972) om det tegnede næsehorn, som bliver levende og en god allieret i kampen mod de voksne.
Ole Lund Kirkegaard repræsenterer frem for nogen det, som er blevet kaldt 1960'ernes og 1970'ernes "kulturelle frisættelse af barnet". Flere af hans bøger er filmatiseret, bl.a. de tre her nævnte.
I 2010 udkom Jens Andersens biografi Ole Lund Kirkegaard, der baseret på et omfattende og hidtil ukendt kildemateriale bl.a. ser Ole Lund Kirkegaards liv i forhold til de samfundsstrømninger, som ledte til ungdomsoprøret i 1968. Biografien skildrer også konflikten mellem Ole Lund Kirkegaards stigende succes og hans problemer med at håndtere den. En konflikt, der i sidste ende førte til selvdestruktion og en alt for tidlig død.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets normer og autoriteter, dvs. fortravlede voksne, som har glemt at være børn.
En mere eventyrlig side findes i bøger som Hodja fra Pjort (1970) om drengen, der drager ud i den store verden for at finde sit flyvende tæppe, og Otto er et næsehorn (1972) om det tegnede næsehorn, som bliver levende og en god allieret i kampen mod de voksne.
Ole Lund Kirkegaard repræsenterer frem for nogen det, som er blevet kaldt 1960'ernes og 1970'ernes "kulturelle frisættelse af barnet". Flere af hans bøger er filmatiseret, bl.a. de tre her nævnte.
I 2010 udkom Jens Andersens biografi Ole Lund Kirkegaard, der baseret på et omfattende og hidtil ukendt kildemateriale bl.a. ser Ole Lund Kirkegaards liv i forhold til de samfundsstrømninger, som ledte til ungdomsoprøret i 1968. Biografien skildrer også konflikten mellem Ole Lund Kirkegaards stigende succes og hans problemer med at håndtere den. En konflikt, der i sidste ende førte til selvdestruktion og en alt for tidlig død.
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November 10, 2020
У дома вече сме луди фенове на Оле Лунд Киркегор и си направихме колекция от всичко издадено на български до момента. Изключително забавни и щури истории, разказани по неподражаем начин! Описанието на цирковото представление на цирк "Бенито" ни разсмя до сълзи. Горещо препоръчвам!
August 20, 2022
Ännu ett kärt återseende från barndomen och min son gillade även denna.
October 27, 2017
Страхотно, че излезе и на български от издателство Дамян Яков.
August 17, 2022
Couldn't sleep one night, and decided to while my time away reading this. I'd forgotten how random Ole Lund Kirkegaard's writing is, and appreciate that he writes books for children that are still fun to read for adults too.
September 30, 2019
Den 7 årige var flere gange ved at tisse i bukserne af grin, da vi læste Orla Frøsnapper. Vi blev enige om, at det var, fordi han er en bette lort :D
August 10, 2021
Den här lyssnade jag och min dotter på en regnig eftermiddag och det var verkligen en mysig stund. Inläst av Fredde Granberg (ni vet, ena halvan av Ronny och Ragge) och han är verkligen fantastisk. Klart är att denna boken hade aldrig gått i tryck idag; det både slåss, svärs och dricks öl. Men roligt är det! Befriande roligt! Kärt återseende från barndomen!
March 7, 2014
ELSKER denne bog.
April 2, 2016
A childhood favourite!
June 16, 2017
Another Kirkegaard book about bullying and grown usps who let it happen. But this time, the boys get back at the worse bully over and over again. His name is Gusten Frog-Swallower because according to rumours he once swallowed a frog.
The story-teller runs in to Gusten over and over again, and is threatened by him. This young man is not just bullying but he is phycially harming people in a really bad way, so the boys are petrified of him.
The first thing which happens is the story-teller picking dandelion leaves for his bunny and he gets caught doing so, in the blacksmith's garden. The latter thinking he is there to steal apples, decides to punish him and orders the boy to dig up worms for his hens. The boy is very unhappy till Gusten arrives and asks him what he is up to. The boy lies and tells him that he is digging up a treasure that the blacksmith has hidden there. Gusten "persuades" him to let Gusten dig it up instead and the boy happily disappears out of sight. Of course, when the blacksmith finds Gusten in a deep hole in his garden, he beats Gusten up.
Gusten is now on the search for the boy and finds him up a tree. But when Gusten climbs up there and out on the branch that the boys is sitting on, the branch bends down so far that the boy can jump off and run, while Gusten is shot straight over to a table, where the blacksmith is sitting having a pint of beer and of course he gets a beating again.
Finally Gusten catches up to the boy, ties him up and drags him to a deserted mill where he hoists him up over a beam, expecting him to finally fall down and break his neck. But Gusten has tied the rope around his own body, to make it easier to hoist the boy up, which gives the boy an idea. When he gets up to the beam, he climbs on to it, runs in through a window and drags out a sack of wheat. Holding on to the wheat bag, he jumps out which makes Gusten fling up towards the beam instead. The boy lets him sit there all day and then he goes to fetch the blacksmith, in the middle of his dinner, telling him that a big ugly crow is sitting on of the wings of the mill. The blacksmith gets furious when he gets there and finds Gusten AGAIN. He jerks at the rope so Gusten falls down and then beats Gusten.
A circus arrives to town and all the boys are excited about going. The boy sneeks on to the site and opens up a box saying PUSSI on it. A little dog, the star of the bicycling act, jumps out and runs off. The boy goes in search but the only dog he finds, is the blacksmith's dog, and he puts that one in the box instead, thinking that noone will notice the difference. Then he notices Gusten and tries to escape by crawling in to a tent. Gusten goes after him, and while the boy does not get caught by the half-naked woman in there, Gusten does! The boy sits and waits till the lady leaves and that is when he notices a yellow treasure chest. He finds all sorts of boring things in it, among other things, a striped suit jacket with a red ribbon in the sleeve. He pulls out the red ribbon and it is endless, turning in to all sorts of colours. He quickly puts it under his sweater and leaves. When he gets out, the cannon king sees him and asks him if he wants a freebie ticket? The condition is for him to guard the cannon while the king goes to have dinner. That is when Gusten comes and the boy has to think quickly. He tells Gusten to disappear since the cannon king will get angry if he sees him there. Gusten does not believe him but right then, a gigantic man steps out of a caravan. It is Mr Strong who lifts 700 kilos in the show. The boy tells Gusten that the owner will be furious if anyone comes close to the cannon and that Gusten has to hide inside the cannon quickly, which he does believing Mr Strong to be the owner. Gusten complains that there is somehing furry in there. The boy throws the ribbon in to the cannon as well, just to get rid of it.
The boy gets the VIP seat in the front. Things starting going wrong when the magician comes out and can not find his ribbon in the sleeve. He screams that there is a thief and the audience starts fighting among themselves, trying to locate the thief. Then the lady comes running saying that someone has stolen her dog. There is only one number left that actually can be carried out and the cannon is wheeled in but the cannon king can not climb inside. The blacksmith suggests that he should fire it off empty first, to get the dirt out, which must be blocking the way. And out flies the little dog, the ribbon and GUSTEN! Mr Strong grabs Gusten's arms while the blacksmith grabs his feet. Both want to beat him up for ruining things. But the cannon king stops them, since he has got an idea in to his head. He wants to retire and Gusten can be his re-placement. The next day the circus leaves and a proud Gusten with it. The boys feel all jealous since they are too young to join the circus like him.
A very funny book, but why does a society let people like Gusten walk about and frighten both young and old? Kirkegaard once again shows proof of having grown up being bullied and noone doing anything about it. And that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Also the fact that almost all his books contain this aspect, makes it a less good book. I do not like reading books like this aloud to my children, since it makes it sound that there is nothing to do about bullies. That they always win. That all grown ups do not care or turn a blind eye to the suffering of children. Many of us are trying to stop bullying and do not accept this sort of behaviour. A book should give children hope, not the other way around.
The story-teller runs in to Gusten over and over again, and is threatened by him. This young man is not just bullying but he is phycially harming people in a really bad way, so the boys are petrified of him.
The first thing which happens is the story-teller picking dandelion leaves for his bunny and he gets caught doing so, in the blacksmith's garden. The latter thinking he is there to steal apples, decides to punish him and orders the boy to dig up worms for his hens. The boy is very unhappy till Gusten arrives and asks him what he is up to. The boy lies and tells him that he is digging up a treasure that the blacksmith has hidden there. Gusten "persuades" him to let Gusten dig it up instead and the boy happily disappears out of sight. Of course, when the blacksmith finds Gusten in a deep hole in his garden, he beats Gusten up.
Gusten is now on the search for the boy and finds him up a tree. But when Gusten climbs up there and out on the branch that the boys is sitting on, the branch bends down so far that the boy can jump off and run, while Gusten is shot straight over to a table, where the blacksmith is sitting having a pint of beer and of course he gets a beating again.
Finally Gusten catches up to the boy, ties him up and drags him to a deserted mill where he hoists him up over a beam, expecting him to finally fall down and break his neck. But Gusten has tied the rope around his own body, to make it easier to hoist the boy up, which gives the boy an idea. When he gets up to the beam, he climbs on to it, runs in through a window and drags out a sack of wheat. Holding on to the wheat bag, he jumps out which makes Gusten fling up towards the beam instead. The boy lets him sit there all day and then he goes to fetch the blacksmith, in the middle of his dinner, telling him that a big ugly crow is sitting on of the wings of the mill. The blacksmith gets furious when he gets there and finds Gusten AGAIN. He jerks at the rope so Gusten falls down and then beats Gusten.
A circus arrives to town and all the boys are excited about going. The boy sneeks on to the site and opens up a box saying PUSSI on it. A little dog, the star of the bicycling act, jumps out and runs off. The boy goes in search but the only dog he finds, is the blacksmith's dog, and he puts that one in the box instead, thinking that noone will notice the difference. Then he notices Gusten and tries to escape by crawling in to a tent. Gusten goes after him, and while the boy does not get caught by the half-naked woman in there, Gusten does! The boy sits and waits till the lady leaves and that is when he notices a yellow treasure chest. He finds all sorts of boring things in it, among other things, a striped suit jacket with a red ribbon in the sleeve. He pulls out the red ribbon and it is endless, turning in to all sorts of colours. He quickly puts it under his sweater and leaves. When he gets out, the cannon king sees him and asks him if he wants a freebie ticket? The condition is for him to guard the cannon while the king goes to have dinner. That is when Gusten comes and the boy has to think quickly. He tells Gusten to disappear since the cannon king will get angry if he sees him there. Gusten does not believe him but right then, a gigantic man steps out of a caravan. It is Mr Strong who lifts 700 kilos in the show. The boy tells Gusten that the owner will be furious if anyone comes close to the cannon and that Gusten has to hide inside the cannon quickly, which he does believing Mr Strong to be the owner. Gusten complains that there is somehing furry in there. The boy throws the ribbon in to the cannon as well, just to get rid of it.
The boy gets the VIP seat in the front. Things starting going wrong when the magician comes out and can not find his ribbon in the sleeve. He screams that there is a thief and the audience starts fighting among themselves, trying to locate the thief. Then the lady comes running saying that someone has stolen her dog. There is only one number left that actually can be carried out and the cannon is wheeled in but the cannon king can not climb inside. The blacksmith suggests that he should fire it off empty first, to get the dirt out, which must be blocking the way. And out flies the little dog, the ribbon and GUSTEN! Mr Strong grabs Gusten's arms while the blacksmith grabs his feet. Both want to beat him up for ruining things. But the cannon king stops them, since he has got an idea in to his head. He wants to retire and Gusten can be his re-placement. The next day the circus leaves and a proud Gusten with it. The boys feel all jealous since they are too young to join the circus like him.
A very funny book, but why does a society let people like Gusten walk about and frighten both young and old? Kirkegaard once again shows proof of having grown up being bullied and noone doing anything about it. And that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Also the fact that almost all his books contain this aspect, makes it a less good book. I do not like reading books like this aloud to my children, since it makes it sound that there is nothing to do about bullies. That they always win. That all grown ups do not care or turn a blind eye to the suffering of children. Many of us are trying to stop bullying and do not accept this sort of behaviour. A book should give children hope, not the other way around.
July 10, 2021
Ole Lund Kirkegaard var genial - så enkelt kan det siges. Hans humoristiske streg og tekst hænger uløseligt sammen, og historierne holder stadigvæk, selvom jeg ikke længere kan siges at være en bette lort, men en fuldvoksen kvinde ;)
July 24, 2017
Funny book for children.
January 5, 2020
Något som kan bli bättre?
- Ingenting, den var jätterolig! 5/5 stjärnor.
- Ingenting, den var jätterolig! 5/5 stjärnor.
February 10, 2020
Skøn børnebog
November 28, 2020
A very entertaining read. More like a real book than the ones I've read from him before. I mean it's impossible to not love all the characters in this one, especially Gusten.
February 16, 2021
jeugdboek over lefgozers en waterbroeken!
February 5, 2023
Man finder aldrig ud af, om Orla rent faktisk har spist en frø :(
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June 23, 2025
Overraskende bog! jeg troede, at jeg kendte indholdet, men jeg har åbenbart aldrig læst Orla Frøsnapper. Sproget er lidt gammeldags, men mine børn elskede den!
July 1, 2025
Rekommenderas starkt för nostalgi och härlig känsla
June 6, 2016
I listened to the audio book, read by Carl Quist Møller.
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This was the first audio book I heard in Danish. It was good practice, but also made it harder for me to rate the book since I didn't understand some minor parts of it. The main characters, however, were lovely. They were very colourful and memorable. I wish I could say the same about the adventures. Out of all of them in the book, I can only remember two of them, the first and the last.
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This was the first audio book I heard in Danish. It was good practice, but also made it harder for me to rate the book since I didn't understand some minor parts of it. The main characters, however, were lovely. They were very colourful and memorable. I wish I could say the same about the adventures. Out of all of them in the book, I can only remember two of them, the first and the last.
April 27, 2015
a childhood favourite and still is.
February 11, 2021
Fyndin og skemmtileg en mikið ofbeldi og blót sem er örugglega fjarri börnum í dag.
October 1, 2022
Read this in one sitting, it took like 1 hour. Such a childhood fav, amazing and fun writing. Absolutely love rereading this book
March 26, 2017
My favorite as a child. It's full of fun.
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