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Pippi. Gender. Female. 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 Longstocking (novel) Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is a Swedish children's novel by writer Astrid Lindgren, published by Rabén & Sjögren with illustrations by Ingrid Vang Nyman in 1945. Translations have been published in more than 40 languages, commonly with new illustrations.
The story behind Pippi. An early spring day in March 1944, Astrid fell and sprained her ankle. To pass the time, while she was resting it, she put the Pippi stories down on paper. It was going to be a present for her daughter Karin’s 10th birthday. “Delightful!
Pippi Longstocking is the most famous of Astrid Lindgren's characters worldwide. Stories about Pippi have been translated into 78 languages, and the books have sold over 70 million copies (as of 2024).
Another contemporary debate related to Pippi has revolved around the well-behaved girl Annika in contrast to the wild and free-spirited Pippi, and which of these female archetypes our society values. Debates about Pippi have also flared up in other parts of the world – in China in 2008, Pippi's treatment of the police was questioned.
So with regard to the novel itself, I originally read Pippi Longstocking in German (as Pippi Langstrumpf) when I was nine years old; in fact, my recent reread is the very first time I have actually encountered Pippi Longstocking in English. And although I do fondly remember enjoying reading about Pippi Longstocking in 1975 and in fact count Astrid Lindgren as one of my all-time favourite ...
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Two more chapter books followed the great success of Pippi’s first book: Pippi Goes Abroad (1946) and Pippi in the South Seas (1948). Astrid Lindgren also created three picture books: Pippi’s After Christmas Party (1950), Pippi on the Run (1971) and Pippi Longstocking in the Park (2001), all illustrated by the amazing Ingrid Van Nyman.
