Morten Morland

Morten Mørland (born 1979) is a Norwegian political cartoonist working in the United Kingdom. GQ, and The Economist in the UK, and VG and Agderposten (where he began his career in 2000) One of his favourite subjects was Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Recognition His work has won several awards: Political Cartoon Society Cartoon of the Year (2005; 2008; 2013; 2017), Cartoon Art Trust Political Cartoonist of the Year (2009), and Cartoonist of the Year at The Press Awards three times (2015, 2020, and 2023); he was shortlisted in 2026. He won the Norwegian Norsk Journalistlag Newspaper Cartoonist of the Year in 2023 for "Rødt" in VG, showing Bjørnar Moxnes as the Pied Piper, for its caricature and political sting. He jointly won the 2025 Fritt Ord Foundation Prize with May Linn Clement and Marvin Halleraker.

Norwegian museum Avistegnernes Hus held an exhibition of his work in 2023 to mark twenty years of him working for The Times.

Early life and education Morland grew up in Tromøya