Preben Dewald
Preben Dewald | |
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 Preben Dewald in 1972 | |
| Born | Preben Dewald Hansen 1944 |
| Died | 19 October 2000 (aged 56) |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, LEGO Publishing manager |
| Years active | 1968−2000 |
Preben Dewald Hansen (1944 − 19 October 2000)[1][2] was a Danish teacher. From 1987−1999 he worked at LEGO Futura, initially as the product manager at LEGO Publishing.
Biography
In 1968 Preben Dewald started teaching at the Klostergades School in Vejle. After Klostergades closed in 1978,[3] Dewald was hired by the Skibet School. 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.[2]
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.[2] His first project at LEGO Publishing was to produce The Golden Medallion, a comic book that would tie into the then-upcoming 1989 LEGO Pirates theme.[4][5] LEGO Publishing ceased normal operations a few years later when it was changed into LEGO Licensing,[6][7] though Dewald remained as part of LEGO Futura and continued overseeing book production.[8][9] Preben Dewald is listed in the acknowledgements for The Ultimate LEGO Book as one of two LEGO Group employees at Futura who helped produce the book, along with Jan Harder Blæsild.[8]
Dewald resigned from the LEGO Group due to health reasons in 1999, during the company's restructuring that resulted in the loss of around one thousand jobs.[2][6][10] 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.[2][11] Skibet's school principal Eric Andersen[12] wrote a memorial for Dewald in the Folkeskolen trade magazine.[2]
References
- ↑ "Klostergades Skole, 9. klasse, Vejle, 1972". arkiv.dk (in Danish). B55082. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Andersen, Eric Udesen (9 November 2000). "Preben Dewald". Folkeskolen (in Danish). No. 45, 2000. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Arkiv - Klostergades Skole, Vejle". arkiv.dk (in Danish). A9052. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ Sadie Meowsalot (9 April 2016). "Within the past few weeks Per Sanderhage has kindly shared with me some more materials tied to LEGO Publishing's Pirates series..." Rock Raiders United (comment on forum topic "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion"). Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ TalonCard (11 January 2024). "Pirates - Early Character and Comic Designs". Eurobricks. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "LEGO Timeline 1990−1999". LEGO.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006.
- ↑ Sadie Meowsalot (16 February 2014). "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn, eds. (1999). "Acknowledgements". The Ultimate LEGO Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 128. ISBN 0-7513-5948-3.
- ↑ Matas, Carol (1991). Adventure in LEGOLAND. New York: Scholastic Inc. Acknowledgements page. ISBN 0-590-43875-1.
The author wishes to acknowledge ...Preben Dewald Hansen of LEGO Publishing for his invaluable help and generosity.
- ↑ Sadie Meowsalot (30 September 2015). "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". Rock Raiders United (comment on forum topic "Retro LEGO Comics/Storybooks/Animated Cartoons General Discussion"). Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Koncept-Tekster v/Preben Dewald Hansen". Danske selskaber (in Danish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Skoleinspektøren fyldte 50 år - og bestod cykelistprøven, Skibet, 1987". arkiv.dk (in Danish). N71870. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
