Valhalla 1986

The reason I moved to Denmark in 1984 was the film Valhalla. My mentor Børge Ring had already worked on the film for some time when he asked me to take the trip with him from Holland to Copenhagen, to make sure he didn't fall asleep behind the wheel after a long night of playing his bass at a famous Jazz Cafe. I had heard so much about Denmark that I leapt at the chance, and two days later I was asked to start as supervising animator on the project. The time following that was some of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding of my life, and that's why I am so happy to finally see some artwork for sale on this project: at FLAD.DK!

Though it is all in Danish, it is pretty straight-forward.
Shipping and handling costs are only indicated within Denmark...

If you understand Danish, you might like the latest "StegelCast," which is a podcast by TV personality, all-round great guy (and first producer on Valhalla, who asked me to work on the film) Jakob Stegelmann. In this, he and I talk about Disney's Ugly Duckling!
In an earlier StegelCast we talked about the earliest beginnings of the Disney studios.

Comments

  1. Christian SvenningsenJanuary 22, 2018 at 8:38 AM

    Hej, Hans. Jeg er en fan af Valhalla-tegnefilmen
    og jeg blev opmærksom på det tidspunkt i 2016, at
    den ville fylde 30 år. Jeg fik først lært den at kende
    på grund af julekalenderen Jul i Valhal i 2005 sammen
    med tegneserierne. Kan man stadig købe celluloid-tegningerne
    fra hjemmesiden du har linket, eller er de alle udsolgt?
    Jeg bruger ikke særlig meget tid på nettet for at finde
    ud af det.

    Hilsen Christian

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  2. Hans PerkJanuary 22, 2018 at 10:30 AM

    Hej Christian! Sjovt du lærte filmen at kende så lang tid efter vi havde lavet den! Til din oplysning er de cels som ikke er markeret som værende solgte, stadig til salg! Mvh Hans

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  3. Christian SvenningsenJanuary 25, 2018 at 8:01 AM

    Jeg var kun 16 år dengang og kendte slet ikke noget til Valhalla-tegnefilmen før da. Men jeg husker i hvert fald at have set Hjælp! Jeg er en Fisk da den kørte i biograferne da jeg var ung. Den var du sikkert med til at lave, som jeg har så gode minder om; selv en tv-optræden af Creamy med deres filmsang og et par kostume-figurer af Svip og Stella (husker jeg vist) har jeg minder om, selvom jeg svagt kan genkalde den i mit hoved

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  4. Christian SvenningsenFebruary 4, 2018 at 6:43 AM

    Hej, Hans. Jeg har lidt problemer med Microsoft Outlook 2010
    for at kunne sende en mail om det ønskede celluloid. Kan jeg
    ikke bare bruge min Google-konto for at sende en mail til Flad.dk?
    Jeg er jo ikke voksen nok til at løse den slags problemer

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  5. Hans PerkFebruary 5, 2018 at 3:24 AM

    Hej Christian, Du var 16 i 2016 - så er du 17 eller 18 i 2018. Mon ikke du er voksen nok? ;-) Bare en mail med oplysningerne til cel@flad.dk, hvorsomhelst fra, det er fint!

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