Bamse – Världens starkaste björn ("The world's strongest bear") is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly half page Sunday strip in 1966, before being published periodically in its own comic magazine since 1973. Bamse is a highly political cartoon promoting leftist ideologies and enlightened despotism. Bamse is also the nickname of a danish singer fromBamses Venner and one half of Bamse & Kylling