“Every crease is a story.”

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1907–2002
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is most notable for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and The Six Bullerby Children,, and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son; Ronia the Robber's Daughter; The Brothers Lionheart and Nils Karlsson Pyssling. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author. Lindgren had by 2010 sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality". Her campaigning for animal welfare led to a new law, Lex Lindgren, in time for her 80th birthday.
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Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren, 1945

Ronja rövardotter
Astrid Lindgren, 1981

Bröderna Lejonhjärta
Astrid Lindgren, 1973

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn
Astrid Lindgren, 1947

Pippi Langstrump i Söderhavet
Astrid Lindgren, 1957

Mio, min Mio
Astrid Lindgren, 1956

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren, 1960

Pippi Goes Aboard
Astrid Lindgren, 1946

Bullerbyboken
Astrid Lindgren, 1988

The Tomten and the Fox
Astrid Lindgren, 1965

Emil i Lönneberga
Astrid Lindgren, 1963

Madicken
Astrid Lindgren, 1962

Tomten äR Vaken
Astrid Lindgren, 1960

The Book of Children's Classics
Don Freeman, Munro Leaf & others, 1997

Rasmus and the Vagabond
Astrid Lindgren, 1960

One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Classics
Pamela Horn, Judy Blume & others, 1995

Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga
Astrid Lindgren, 1966

Karlsson-on-the-Roof
Astrid Lindgren, 1971

Great Girl Stories
Rosemary Sandberg, Beverly Cleary & others, 1999

Bara roligt i Bullerbyn
Astrid Lindgren, 1989

Pippi Goes to School
Astrid Lindgren, 1998

Jul i Bullerbyn
Astrid Lindgren, 1963

Seacrow Island
Astrid Lindgren, 1968

Visst kan Lotta nästan allting
Astrid Lindgren, 1977

Sunnanäng
Astrid Lindgren, 1987

Pippi Goes to the Circus
Astrid Lindgren, 1999

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt
Astrid Lindgren, 1985

Do you know Pippi Longstocking?
Astrid Lindgren, 1987

Jul I Stallet
Astrid Lindgren, 1961

Pippi Longstocking's After-Christmas Party
Astrid Lindgren, 1992

Lotta på Bråkmakargatan
Astrid Lindgren, 1962

Lotta Says No
Astrid Lindgren, 1964

Best of Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump / Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet / Pippi Långstrump går ombord / Pippi firar jul)
Astrid Lindgren & Tony Ross, 2003

Jag Vill Också Ha Ett Syskon
Astrid Lindgren, 1978

Draken Med De Röda Ögonen
Astrid Lindgren, 1985

Spelar Min Lind Sjunger Min Näktergal
Astrid Lindgren, 1984

Pippi on the run
Astrid Lindgren, 1990

Pippi to the Rescue
Astrid Lindgren, 2000

Pippi, the Strongest in the World
Astrid Lindgren, 2015

Karlsson på taket flyger igen
Astrid Lindgren, 1977

Skinn Skerping, hemskast av alla spöken i Småland
Astrid Lindgren, 1986

Lillebror och Karlsson på Taket; Karlsson på taket flyger igen; and, Karlsson på taket smyger igen
Astrid Lindgren, 1988

Titta, Madicken, det snöar
Astrid Lindgren, 1983

Pippi Longstocking Coloring book
Astrid Lindgren, 1985

School Stories for Seven Year Olds
Helen Paiba, Ben Cort & others, 2001

I Want to Go to School Too
Astrid Lindgren, 1980

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist
Astrid Lindgren, 1967

It's Fine to Be Nine
Judy Blume, Clyde Robert Bulla & others, 1998
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