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The animated advert “Fiinbeck er rømt“ (Jiggs Has Run Away) was produced for the Norwegian tobacco brand Tiedemanns Tobacco in 1927. Interestingly enough, it uses Jiggs and Maggie from Geo McManus' famous comic strip “Bringing Up Father“ (in Norwegian, “Fiinbeck og Fia“) to tell its story. The characters were well-known in Norway by this point, with the comic strip having appeared weekly in the family magazine Hjemmet since 1920. This advert was produced by Ottar Gladtvet and was most likely directed and animated by Swedish cartoon pioneer Victor Bergdahl (Captain Grogg), as the elaborate mix of cut-out and drawn animation here matches that of contemporary Swedish ads done by Bergdahl. Sourced from the Blu-ray compilation “Norwegian Animation Collection (1913 - 2013)“ (aka Animert i 100 år - Norsk animasjonsfilm 1913-2013): Den animerte reklamefilmen “Fiinbeck er r
