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| image         = Klostergades School, 9th grade, Vejle, 1972 - Preben Dewald Hansen.jpg
| alt           = A greyscale photograph of Preben Dewald (age 28) sitting on a chair
| caption       = Preben Dewald in 1972
| birth_name    = Preben Dewald Hansen
| birth_date    = 1944<!--{{Birth date|1944|||df=y}}-->
| birth_place   = 
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2000|10|19|1944|1|1|df=y}}
| death_place   = 
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = Teacher, [[LEGO Publishing]] manager
| years_active  = 1968−2000
| known_for     = 
| notable_works = 
}}

'''Preben Dewald Hansen''' (1944 − 19 October 2000)<ref name="arkiv B55082"/><ref name="Folkeskolen"/> was a Danish teacher who was the product manager at [[LEGO Publishing]].

== Biography ==
In 1968 Preben Dewald started teaching at the Klostergades School in [[Wikipedia:Vejle|Vejle]]. After Klostergades closed in 1978,<ref name="arkiv A9052"/> Dewald was hired by the [[Wikipedia:Skibet|Skibet]] {{ill|School|da|Skibet Skole}}. Dewald taught language, mathematics, visual arts, and music at Skibet, and also worked at the school library. He started lecturing at Vejle's binding centre and wrote a book about the city's history, ''Vejle Bys Historie i korte træk''.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/>

Dewald became known for his knowledge on children's literature outside of Skibet. As a result of his experience, in 1987 he was hired by the [[LEGO Group]] as the product manager of the [[LEGO Publishing]] department. Dewald left Skibet for his new job, though he visited the school regularly.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/> 

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LEGO Publishing ceased normal operations a few years later when it was changed into [[LEGO Licensing]],<ref name="LEGO Timeline 1990"/><ref name="rru comment 99341"/> though Dewald remained as part of [[LEGO Futura]] and continued managing book production.<ref name="Ultimate"/><ref name="Matas 91"/>

Preben Dewald is listed in the acknowledgements for ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]'' as one of two [[LEGO Group]] employees at [[LEGO Futura]] who helped produce the book, along with [[Jan Harder Blæsild]].<ref name="Ultimate"/>

Dewald left the LEGO Group in 1999, following a restructuring at the company and due to health reasons.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/><ref name="rru comment 118733"/> He returned to Skibet School, where he taught a grade 1 class containing children of some of his former students. After spending a summer vacation in Norway in 2000, his health worsened and he was hospitalised shortly after the start of the school year. Dewald died on 19 October 2000, aged 56.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/><ref name="selskaber"/> Skibet's school principal Eric Andersen<ref name="arkiv N71870"/> wrote a memorial for Dewald in the {{ill|''Folkeskolen''|da|Folkeskolen (fagblad)}} [[Wikipedia:Trade magazine|trade magazine]].<ref name="Folkeskolen"/>

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="arkiv A9052">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://arkiv.dk/vis/2239340 |title=Arkiv - Klostergades Skole, Vejle |encyclopedia=arkiv.dk |id=A9052 |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917040729/https://arkiv.dk/vis/2239340 |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="arkiv B55082">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://arkiv.dk/en/vis/index/2248551 |title=
Klostergades Skole, 9. klasse, Vejle, 1972 |encyclopedia=arkiv.dk |id=B55082 |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917034148/https://arkiv.dk/en/vis/index/2248551 |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="arkiv N71870">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://arkiv.dk/en/vis/index/2340307 |title=
Skoleinspektøren fyldte 50 år - og bestod cykelistprøven, Skibet, 1987 |encyclopedia=arkiv.dk |id=N71870 |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917054728/https://arkiv.dk/en/vis/index/2340307 |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="Folkeskolen">{{cite magazine |title=Preben Dewald |first=Eric Udesen |last=Andersen |date=9 November 2000 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:da:Folkeskolen (fagblad)|Folkeskolen]] |number=45, 2000 |language=da |url=https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917004543/https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref> <!--{{cite magazine |title=Mindeord − Preben Dewald |trans-title=Memorials − Preben Dewald |first=Eric Udesen |last=Andersen |date=7 November 2000 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:da:Folkeskolen (fagblad)|Folkeskolen]] |number=45, 2000 |language=da |url=http://www.folkeskolen.dk/2000/45/smarubrikker/mindeord.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010307081325fw_/http://www.folkeskolen.dk/2000/45/smarubrikker/mindeord.htm |archive-date=7 March 2001}}-->

<ref name="LEGO Timeline 1990">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=timeline1 |title=LEGO Timeline 1990−1999 |website=[[LEGO.com]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061014213237/http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=timeline1 |archive-date=14 October 2006}}</ref>

<ref name="Matas 91">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/adventureinlegol0000mata/page/n8/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Adventure in LEGOLAND |first=Carol |last=Matas |date=1991 |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic Inc]] |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |at=Acknowledgements page |ISBN=0-590-43875-1 |quote=The author wishes to acknowledge ...Preben Dewald Hansen of LEGO Publishing for his invaluable help and generosity.}}</ref>

<ref name="rru comment 99341">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/#comment-99341 |title=Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion |author=Sadie Meowsalot |date=16 February 2014 |website=[[Rock Raiders United]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703132818/http://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/#comment-99341 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="rru comment 118733">{{cite web |url=https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/page/3/#comment-118733 |title=Anyway, a short while ago Per Sanderhage (Writer for LEGO Publishing's Pirates and Castle Kids series) sent me some Pirates and Castle comic materials. |author=Sadie Meowsalot |date=30 September 2015 |website=[[Rock Raiders United]] |type=comment on forum topic "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007043954/https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/page/3/#comment-118733 |archive-date=7 October 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="rru comment 122892">{{cite web |url=https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/page/3/#comment=122892 |title=Within the past few weeks Per Sanderhage has kindly shared with me some more materials tied to LEGO Publishing's Pirates series... |author=Sadie Meowsalot |date=9 April 2016 |website=[[Rock Raiders United]] |type=comment on forum topic "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007043954/https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/5440-retro-lego-comicsstorybooksanimated-cartoons-general-discussion/page/3/#comment=122892 |archive-date=7 October 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="selskaber">{{cite web |url=https://www.danske-selskaber.com/koncept-tekster-v-preben-dewald-hansen-8s8n/ |title=Koncept-Tekster v/Preben Dewald Hansen |language=da |website=Danske selskaber |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917060725/https://www.danske-selskaber.com/koncept-tekster-v-preben-dewald-hansen-8s8n/ |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="Ultimate">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/126/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |section=Acknowledgements |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]]  |date=1999 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |p=128 |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3}}</ref>
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