Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-spirited Pippi Longstocking, died on Monday at the age of 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the Swedish countryside ...

Wilfried Hauke's documentary shines a spotlight on the early years of the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking and Ronia the Robber's Daughter. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The film from ...

A hundred years ago, on 14 November 1907, Astrid Lindgren was born on a small farm in south-central Sweden. When she died at age 95, she had long achieved worldwide renown as the author of books for ...

These 1939-45 diaries from the Swedish children’s author, which feature roast reindeer and sorrow across Europe, are oddly cheering The Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren will be forever linked ...

In 1945, the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren invented Pippi Longstocking - and broke the mould of children's literature. Lindgren, who has died aged 94, conjured up a heroine who was morally and ...

Astrid Lindgren spent many summers on the island of Furusund, and she wrote many of her books there. In her 70s and 80s, when she had already become an icon in Sweden and was receiving piles of ...

She’s the strongest girl in the world. With her carrot-coloured pigtails, her striped mismatched socks and her freckles, she’s instantly recognisable. She’s a financially independent child, a reckless ...

One of Astrid Lindgren's most popular books is heading to the small screen on Apple TV. In the current age of fantasy novels being brought to life, a massively famous one from Sweden is about to get ...

In the winter of 1941, in an apartment in Stockholm, a little girl called Karin Lindgren came down with pneumonia. As she lay in bed, her mother Astrid alleviated her boredom by telling her stories ...

Her most famous children's book character, Pippi Longstocking, was invented in Astrid Lindgren's Stockholm home. The apartment is now opening to the public. Just in time for her 108th birthday on ...