He was born as '' ' Salo Goldfarb ' '' in Bergen as a son of businessman Leopold Goldfarb ( from Rajgród , lived 1878 – 1933 ) and Sonja Epstein ( from Suwałki , lived 1888 – 1970 ) . His first newspaper drawing was published in 1933 in '' Bergens Arbeiderblad '' . He studied at the Belfast School of Art from 1935 to 1936 , at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts from 1936 to 1937 and at Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1937 to 1938 . He adopted the pen name Pedro in February 1941 , one year after Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Norway . He fled to the United Kingdom in 1941 , via Shetland ( together with Leif Andreas Larsen ) to Scotland . In 1944 , as a soldier in the British Army , he participated in the liberation of Walcheren and Middelburg , later becoming an honorary citizen of the latter . From 1944 to 1945 he was an illustrator in London-based newspaper '' Norsk Tidend '' . After the war he was decorated with the Norwegian Defence Medal and the British Defence Medal . In 1945 he legally changed his name from Goldfarb to Grenning . He was also hired in the new newspaper '' Verdens Gang '' , specifically at the initiative of journalist Asbjørn Barlaup . Pedro remained in '' Verdens Gang '' for the rest of his career . He also designed book covers . His works have been exhibited at Høstutstillingen , and his works are owned by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Art , Architecture and Design
Norwegian Defence Medal
Defence Medal 1940–1945
Salo Grenning