Nils Holgersson

A long-running Danish comic series from Atlantic Forlag, Nils Holgersson adapts Selma Lagerlöf’s classic Swedish novel into a serialized comics format, running for ten issues from 1988 onward. The strip is most associated with its faithful, visually rich retelling of the boy Nils’s journey across Sweden on the back of a goose, blending adventure with gentle folklore. It stands as a notable European adaptation of a beloved literary work, offering a comics entry point to a story that has enchanted readers for generations.