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Nationality. Swedish. Pippi Longstocking ( Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly ...
Astrid Lindgren’s daughter Karin was sick in bed and wanted her mum to tell her a story. “Tell me about Pippi Longstocking”, she pleaded, and in that instant Astrid invented what was to become one of the world’s most famous children’s book characters. “Since the name was remarkable, it had to be a remarkable girl”, Astrid said.
Pippi is “the strongest girl in the world,” and she deals with bullies by putting them into trees. When a pair of police officers arrive to take her to a children’s home, she plays tag with them before carrying them out to the street, one in each hand. At a circus, Pippi joins the acts and defeats the circus strongman.
Apr 18, 2018 · Pippi is subversive and free-spirited, a true disruptor. She is also a loner and it’s hard to believe she’d have been quite the same had Lindgren's early adulthood not been quite so tumultuous ...
Mar 31, 2011 · Inger Nilsson was the actress who played Pippi in the Swedish-produced TV series during 1969, which was later re-dubbed into English, and released as four feature films in 1969 and 1970. Nilsson ...
Oct 28, 2019 · New Pippi Longstocking to lose the n-word Lindgren worked as a journalist and her first book about nine-year-old Pippi was published in 1945. The third book told of a big trip, 'Pippi in the South ...
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May 20, 2020 · "Pippi Longstocking is a true children's heroine," says Münster-based psychology professor Alfred Gebert. "Especially girls can identify with her. Because Pippi is strong, cheeky and helpful.
