Rudolf Petersson

| death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Swedish | area = Cartoonist | notable works = ''91:an'' }} Rudolf Petersson (17 June 1896 – 17 April 1970) was a Swedish comic creator and the father of one of the most popular Swedish comics of all time: ''91:an''.

Petersson performed national service at the I 16 regiment in Halmstad, Halland, between 1916 and 1918. Mandel Karlsson, the protagonist of ''91:an'', is based on two people Petersson met during his national service at I 16 — a blond and ill-tempered Smålandian who was turned soft by accordion music, and a friendly, short haired person. Some of the attributes were switched and the result was 91:an and another character, 87:an Axelsson. Several of the officers in ''91:an'' are also based on real people Petersson met during his service. Provided by Wikipedia