I had a toy like the one shown above when I was a little kid in the 1960s. We always referred to it as a “Gonk” but I am reliably informed that it is actually a Troll Doll.
One of the things I remember about growing up in Newcastle upon Tyne back then was that there were lots of visitors from Norway in the town at weekends. They came by ferry from Oslo and Bergen to do shopping. For that reason I assumed my Gonk Troll was Norwegian, but these dolls seem to have originated in Denmark.
You live and learn.
In the Dark 