Froggy Ball

Froggy Ball (Swedish: Grodan Boll) is a character from Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll which is a series of Swedish books, radio shows and movies created by Thomas Funck. He first appeared in a radio show in 1954. The character disappeared around the early 1960s, but made a comeback in 1971 in his second radio show named "Veckans tisdag" which is Swedish for "Weekly Tuesday".

Froggy Ball appeared in comic books from 1955-1960 which were drawn by Nils Egerbrandt.[1]

In the late 2010s, Froggy Ball became an internet meme. The character was appropriated as a symbol by the Swedish far-right in a way that is similar to how American comic character Pepe the Frog was appropriated by the alt-right movement.[2][3]

Movies

References

  1. ^ "Nils Egerbrandt". lambiek.net.
  2. ^ "Så används emojierna i den politiska debatten". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ^ Strage, Fredrik (2018-04-06). "Fredrik Strage: Svart humor har blivit nya extremhögerns otäckaste sida - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-09-15.


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