Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son, Ronia the Robber's Daughter, and The Brothers Lionheart. 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 January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far 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."

Works

Vi på Saltkråkan

Vi på Saltkråkan

Release Date:2025-06-25

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Episode Count:6

9.0

Astrid Lindgren's Christmas

This Christmas special breathes new life into some of Astrid Lindgren's beloved stories. Some, we've seen before, some we've never seen in animated form and some are completely new. Centering around a mysterious cuckoo clock, this film brings us into the worlds of Emil, Brenda Brave and Nils Karlsson Pyssling among others.

Release Date:2024-12-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Ronja the Robber's Daughter
6.9

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

Loving, loyal and unafraid, the daughter of a wanted robber chief makes a secret friend in her father's magical and treacherous forest.

Release Date:2024-03-28

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:23

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
7.0

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

The story behind Astrid Lindgren's films. Sweden's most popular artists and actors talk about their favorite scenes and lines in a captivating mix of anecdotes, memories and archive clips.

Release Date:2024-01-02

Character:Self (archive footage)

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

6.0

The Tomten and the Fox

It's Christmas time. The fox is starving and tries to kill the chickens in the henhouse. Animated short based on a book by Astrid Lindgren.

Release Date:2019-12-23

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Vote Count:2

8.0

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking, a superhuman girl, extremely strong, redhead with pigtails and freckles, moves to Villa Villekulla, a wooden house located in a small town, together with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, Little Old Man. She soon befriends the children who live next door, Tommy and Annika, with whom she will live many fun adventures. At Finnish National Opera and Ballet, December 14, 2019.

Release Date:2019-12-16

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:1

7.4

Rocca Changes the World

11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.

Release Date:2019-03-21

Department:Writing

Job:Idea

Vote Count:32

Året var 1969

In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. Pippi Longstocking rides into the television sets and the writers demonstrate for more compensation. There is also a space race - where both the Soviet Union and the USA send up their rockets. Towards the end of the year, Sweden finally gets its second TV channel, TV2.

Release Date:2019-01-03

Character:Self (archive footage)

Revolver-Harry - enligt Leif GW Persson

"He was larger than life itself". This is how Leif GW Persson begins the portrait of the man who has never ceased to fascinate him: Harry Söderman, also known as Revolver-Harry. During his lifetime known as the world's best detective, celebrated as a war hero, admired as an adventurer. Then a major player on the world stage, but now strangely forgotten. In the film about Revolver-Harry, Leif GW Persson tells us about a life so full of events at the center of history that it almost seems improbable.

Release Date:2018-01-03

Character:Self (archive footage)

10.0

Astrid

This a documentary in three parts by Astrid Lindgren. Whose stories and characters have traveled across all borders. The documentary shows previously unpublished material from diaries, correspondence and films.

Release Date:2014-12-25

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:2

Astrid
10.0

Astrid

Release Date:2014-12-25

Character:Self (Archive Footage)

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:2

Ronja the Robber's Daughter
6.4

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a large forest. When Ronja grows old enough, she ventures into the forest to interact the strange and magical creatures that live there. She learns to live in the forest through her own strength, with the occasional rescue from her parents. Ronja's life begins to change, however, when she happens upon a boy her own age named Birk.

Release Date:2014-10-11

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Episode Count:26

Vote Count:25

4.5

That Boy Emil

‘E-e-emil!’ shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed. Except that Emil doesn’t see this as punishment – on the contrary: he locks the door from inside so that he can continue undisturbed to carve another of his wooden figures, of which he has a whole collection. His little sister Ida also wants to sit inside the shed, but she’s too well-behaved. This new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved tales from her book ‘Emil of Lönneberga’ portrays the sunny side of life in the country at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Release Date:2013-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Character:Storyteller (voice)

Vote Count:6

Tomte Tummetott und der Fuchs

Release Date:2007-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

3.9

Karlsson on the Roof

Release Date:2002-09-27

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:12

Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson's grandmother is the world's best racing driver and Karlsson is not so bad either. Kaxige Kirre challenges Karlsson in a box car race. Now it is up to Karlsson and Lillebror to build a really fast car so that they can give Kirre what he can stand. Little brother has made a kite at school that he wants to test fly with Bosse. Just this day, it blows a lot so the dragon wears itself out and sticks out into the sky. Shortly afterwards, Karlsson is greeted by a wild creature that frightens him. What kind of scary character is that? When Mrs. Olsson's parrot escapes from her cage, it's good to have a friend who can fly. Especially when the one who finds the bird can get a hundred kroner in hit salary?

Release Date:2002-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:26

4.8

Pippi's Adventures on the South Seas

A mysterious ship has sailed into Pippi's hometown and the Captain turns out to be her father...

Release Date:1999-09-04

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:9

6.6

Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus

An engineer and his 5-year old son Rasmus are kidnapped by a group who wants to get their hands on the engineer's latest invention. Three kids become witnesses to the kidnapping and decide to follow the kidnappers to an island and attempt to make a rescue.

Release Date:1997-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:5

Pippi Longstocking
6.8

Pippi Longstocking

With tons of optimism, and strength to match, fun-loving 9-year-old Pippi Longstocking resides at rustic Villa Villekulla with her pet monkey and horse, sailing into adventures with her friends Tommy and Annika. Based on the books by Astrid Lindgren.

Release Date:1997-10-17

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:23

5.6

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from social worker Mrs. Prysselius.

Release Date:1997-08-20

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:36

7.5

Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes. But also play the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends. But everything changes when Kalle Blomkvists friend finds a dead man in a cabin and then must his friends and he find the murdurer.

Release Date:1996-12-21

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:15

6.0

Saltkråkan

Theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Saltkråkan recorded for television.

Release Date:1995-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Lotta på Bråkmakargatan
6.2

Lotta på Bråkmakargatan

Release Date:1995-01-07

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:6

Karlsson på taket (Göta Lejon)

Theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Karlsson på taket filmed for television.

Release Date:1994-12-29

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Madicken på Göta Lejon

Filmed theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Madicken

Release Date:1994-05-21

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

5.9

Lotta Leaves Home

A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.

Release Date:1993-09-18

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:24

5.9

Lotta on Rascal Street

Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age...

Release Date:1992-09-26

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:23

5.9

Nils Karlsson Pyssling

Nils Karlsson Pyssling is a 1990 Swedish family film based on the novel with the same name by Astrid Lindgren.

Release Date:1990-11-09

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:19

Karlsson and the Knights of the Round Table

About Karlsson's adventures in a place where all fabulous paths intersect.

Release Date:1990-10-24

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Ohrožené prázdniny

Ohrožené prázdniny

Release Date:1990-07-01

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Episode Count:3

5.0

Something Alive for Poor Kal

Every Christmas Kal, a handicapped and bedbound boy, wants something "alive", but never gets it. But soon it's Christmas again and Lame-Kals landlord's cat is going to have kittens. The landlord's two daughters, Annastina and Lillstumpan, now intend to cheer Kal by giving him something alive...

Release Date:1990-03-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1

5.0

Pelle Moves to Komfusenbo

When you are four years old it is tough to be unfairly accused of stealing your father's favourite fountain pen. There is nothing else for Pelle but to leave home and go off by himself, all the way to Komfusenbo, way down at the bottom of the garden.

Release Date:1990-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Astrid Lindgrens Småland

Release Date:1990-01-01

Character:Herself

5.7

Peter and Petra

A short story from the book Nils Karlsson Pyssling.

Release Date:1989-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Vote Count:7

6.5

Goldi

Eva is a little girl who lives with her uncaring aunts and mean cousin Berit. Eva's mother is in the hospital and might not make it, and her aunts aren't making it easy for her. A story about how a little girl fights injustice in her own special way.

Release Date:1989-03-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

5.3

Highest Jump

A family movie about Albin and Stig who are always competing against each other.

Release Date:1989-03-23

Department:Writing

Job:Short Story

Vote Count:3

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn
6.2

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn

Release Date:1989-03-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:7

6.0

Brenda Brave

Brenda Brave gladly helps her grandmother to sell candy canes at the market square. But one day grandmother suffers from a sore leg. Brenda has to take care of the candy cane sales all by herself.

Release Date:1989-02-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4

5.8

Very Dearest Sister

Barbro has a sister in secret, a twin sister named Ylva-Li. Ylva-Li lives under a rose bush, but not any rose bush. It is Salikos roses. When Barbro feels lonely and like her family doesn't care about her she can disappear into the hole under the roses. This day, Barbro and her sister are going on a journey. A long journey to the most beautiful valley in the world.

Release Date:1988-12-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:6

4.5

Goodnight Mr. Vagabond

The three children in this story are left at home alone one evening when their parents have to attend a funeral. They are warned to not let any strangers into the house but they forget to put the latch on the door and a rather scary vagabond turn up and lets himself in. There is an authentic air of menace about this tramp, which initially frightens the three children in the story and children in the audience find exciting, although in the end he turns out to be merely eccentric in a way that all children find irresistible.

Release Date:1988-12-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

5.8

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

Release Date:1988-03-01

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:77

Karlsson-on-the-Roof

Karlsson is a very short, portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hidden behind a chimney on the roof of a very ordinary apartment building on a very ordinary street in Stockholm. When Karlsson pushes a button on his stomach, it starts a clever little motor with a propeller on his back, allowing him to fly. Karlsson is the best at everything, at least by his own account. In actual fact there is one thing at which he excels: being a playmate to a young boy named Svante, nicknamed Lillebror (little brother), who lives in the apartment building with his family. Karlsson is quite mischievous, often getting Lillebror in trouble, but everyone in the end – even Lillebror's family, his cranky uncle, and their dour housekeeper – grow to like Karlsson and appreciate his sense of humour, energy, and good nature.

Release Date:1988-01-20

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

4.5

No Robbers in the Woods

A short movie based on a script written by children's author Astrid Lindgren.

Release Date:1988-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

6.5

More About the Children of Noisy Village

There are only a handful of children living in Bullarby. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes.

Release Date:1987-09-05

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:19

6.0

Mio in the Land of Faraway

Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.

Release Date:1987-07-01

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:85

Ronja Rövardotter
6.8

Ronja Rövardotter

Release Date:1986-12-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:11

6.3

The Children of Noisy Village

The story of the children who live in Bullerbyn, Sweden, through the spring and summer months.

Release Date:1986-12-06

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:42

Sonntagsgespräch

Sonntagsgespräch

Release Date:1985-02-10

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

6.2

Naughty Emil

One of the iconic Latvian movies. Based on Astrid Lindgren's book 'Emil of Lönneberga'. A story of a little boy, Emil, who, according to others is incredibly naughty, but actually Emil is a lot more kind hearted than all the rest. And everything he does is to help someone. But somehow it all the time turns out like a prank. His family won't agree with any pranks on themselves, so there goes Emil in his father's tool shed, where he's locked up for every prank. Includes the phrase - 'the main idea is to keep your feet warm', which has been adapted in Latvian culture, so it's already a saying.

Release Date:1985-01-04

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:6

7.0

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

Release Date:1984-12-14

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Vote Count:176

5.5

Pippi Longstocking

Peppi-the-Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika...

Release Date:1984-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:6

5.7

Mister Blot's Academy

Thanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.

Release Date:1984-01-30

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Vote Count:36

Mio min Mio

Release Date:1984-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

6.3

Rasmus and the Vagabond

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.

Release Date:1981-12-12

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:30

5.8

Madicken of June Hill

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.

Release Date:1980-10-18

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

6.2

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

Release Date:1979-12-13

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:30

Madicken
6.5

Madicken

Madicken's life on Junibacken is filled with ups and down.

Release Date:1979-10-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:17

Sagostunden - Mio min Mio

Sagostunden - Mio min Mio

Release Date:1978-12-04

Character:herself

Episode Count:1

4.0

Rasmus and the Tramp

The action takes place in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Rasmus is a boy who lives in a shelter. Not content to stay under the strict discipline of the orphanage, he escapesand joins a tramp, nicknamed "Oscar Tumbleweed. They begin to travel the country together, but Oscar is constantly trying to find parents for the boy. Rasmus harassing Oscar, does not want to leave him. During their journeys they are able to solve a crime and recover the valuable painting of missis Frou Hetbert. Summer ends, and it's time to look for a place to spend the winter. Oscar and Rasmus arrive at the farm of a good hostess, Martina...

Release Date:1978-06-13

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:2

6.7

The Brothers Lionheart

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

Release Date:1977-09-23

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:95

6.2

Adventures of Kalle the Detective

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes and also plays the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends

Release Date:1976-12-12

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:5

Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson's grandmother is the world's best racing driver and Karlsson is not so bad either. Kaxige Kirre challenges Karlsson in a box car race. Now it is up to Karlsson and Lillebror to build a really fast car so that they can give Kirre what he can stand. Little brother has made a kite at school that he wants to test fly with Bosse. Just this day, it blows a lot so the dragon wears itself out and sticks out into the sky.

Release Date:1976-04-18

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Emil of Lönneberga
7.5

Emil of Lönneberga

Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

Release Date:1975-11-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:27

5.8

Karlsson on the Roof

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.

Release Date:1974-12-02

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:32

6.8

Emil and the Piglet

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

Release Date:1973-10-06

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:71

Je später der Abend

Je später der Abend

Release Date:1973-03-18

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

6.8

New Mischief by Emil

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten by crawfish, all is forgotten when he skillfully wins the family a free horse. And when Alfred the farmhand gets seriously ill, Emil puts his own life on the line, venturing into a snow storm to get his best friend to a doctor before it is too late.

Release Date:1972-10-21

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Character:Narrator

Vote Count:65

Podezřelé prázdniny

Podezřelé prázdniny

Release Date:1972-04-01

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Episode Count:3

6.7

Emil of Lonneberga

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. Always with the best intentions in mind, because he is a good-hearted child, but often with catastrophic results, especially for his short-tempered father. As a result, Emil spends a lot of quality time in the wood shed carving wood figurines and waiting for Anton's temper to cool down. And the father's patience is certainly tried, as Emil gets his head stuck in the family's only soup bowl, hoists little Ida up the flag pole, and arranges a lavish Christmas party for the poor.

Release Date:1971-12-04

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Character:Narrator

Vote Count:82

6.7

Pippi on the Run

Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.

Release Date:1970-11-14

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:109

7.1

Karlson Returns

Release Date:1970-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:94

7.0

Pippi in the South Seas

Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.

Release Date:1970-01-24

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:124

6.6

Pippi Goes on Board

Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a pirate king in the Southern Seas. She befriends her next door neighbors, siblings Tommy and Annika, who are swept into Pippi's wild adventures.

Release Date:1969-10-31

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:89

6.8

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series. This was followed by Pippi Goes on Board.

Release Date:1969-05-09

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:144

Pippi's Christmas

Pippi prepares for Christmas. She bakes a huge number of gingerbread biscuits. In the big tree outside her house she has hung lots of Christmas presents. At Christmas Eve she sits at her window, looking out in the darkness at all the presents hanging in the tree. She feels lonely and thinks with sadness about having no one to give the presents to.

Release Date:1969-03-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Pippi Longstocking
7.4

Pippi Longstocking

The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.

Release Date:1969-02-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:160

5.6

Life on Seacrow Island

A writer spends the summer holidays with his children on an island. The family grows together through friendships with humans and animals and through adventures.

Release Date:1968-12-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:25

Bettys Beat-Box-Haus

Bettys Beat-Box-Haus

Release Date:1968-11-11

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

7.0

Junior and Karlson

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately want a dog, but before he gets one, he "invents" a friend - the very Karlson who lives upon the roof. So typical for the Russian culture spirit of mischief, which is, actually, never punished, and the notion that relative welfare not necessarily means happiness made the book by Astrid Lindgren and its TV adaptations tremendously popular in the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia and vice versa - somewhat alienated to the Western reader and viewer (see User's comments below). However, both the book and the cartoon are truly universal - entertaining and funny for the children and thought-provoking and somewhat sad for grownups.

Release Date:1968-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:99

Junior and Karlson
7.5

Junior and Karlson

A Soviet cartoon adaptation of a classic Swedish tale by Astrid Lindgren about Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

Release Date:1968-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

5.9

Skrallan, Ruskprick and Gurnard

The children of Seacrow Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital. When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. 4-year-old Skrallan is the first to discover that two colorful smugglers are hiding on the island.

Release Date:1967-12-02

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:17

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr

The White Rose (Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders) and the Red Rose (Sixten, Benka and Jonte) gangs are battling for a magical stone. The rest of the time Kalle is bored. That is why Kalle and his friends play pranks on Kalles aunts Hilda and Hulda. While Hulda is laughing, Hilda is very angry and calls the police, but Kalle is able to escape. Only a few time later Hilda is kidnapped and the kidnappers want a lot of money. The gangs of the White and Red Rose are now working together to find the kidnappers.

Release Date:1966-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

6.2

Tjorven and Mysak

Tjorven and the other children at Seacrow island have received a play day in a gift. Uncle Melker will find himself ending up in the lake several times. The kids also have found an old ship that will be named Albertina. They divide themselves into two pirate gangs and fights about the wishing stone Mysak.

Release Date:1966-12-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:16

6.0

Tjorven and Skrallan

The residents of Seacrow island get new problems when Malin and Peter get their first child - Skrållan.

Release Date:1965-11-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:21

5.0

Morianna

The family of an old, loathed millionaire named Verner Vade are sick of his dictatorship, and are just waiting for him to fall over and die. When he is attacked one night and disappears, a nosey cops start to investigate. A few days later Verner comes home again, wounded, and is back to his old, angry routines. And the family have had enough.

Release Date:1965-08-15

Character:Old lady's friend

Vote Count:2

6.0

Tjorven, Batsman, and Moses

Vesterman has found a young seal in his fishing nets in the outskirts of the archipelago. When he comes back to the Saltkråkan island he gives the seal to Tjorven, who names it Moses. Peter Malm, a visitor who works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala, wants to buy the seal, but Tjorven says it's not for sale. Vesterman is in need of money and tries to get the seal back, to sell it to Peter. The children have to hide the seal, so he won't find it. Pelle's rabbit Jocke and one of Söderman's lambs are found bitten to death. The dog Båtsman is accused of those evil deeds, which means that Tjorven's father has to shoot her dog. In the last minute Söderman finds out that a fox is the perpetrator. Peter Malm says he won't buy the seal. Vesterman is disappointed and the seal stays with the children.

Release Date:1964-10-24

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:23

Life on Seacrow Island
7.0

Life on Seacrow Island

Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan. Astrid Lindgren was closely involved in the filming and editing of the series, which took place on Norröra in the Stockholm archipelago. The series was produced and directed by Olle Hellbom.

Release Date:1964-01-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:19

The Children From The Noisy Village
5.5

The Children From The Noisy Village

Release Date:1962-09-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:2

4.0

Only Fun in Bullerby Village

Release Date:1961-12-16

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:5

2.0

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn

Release Date:1960-12-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2

Shirley Temple's Storybook
5.8

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was meant for older youngsters. Temple's three children made their acting debuts in the last episode of the first season, "Mother Goose".

Release Date:1958-01-12

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:4

7.7

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.

Release Date:1957-12-07

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:3

Rasmus, Pontus and Toker

Ten-year-old Rasmus, his friend Pontus and his dog Toker, find out about a silver theft in the small town where they live. Family film from Astrid Lindgren's radio series.

Release Date:1956-12-08

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

4.5

Sceningång

A day in the life of a theater ensemble. The acting students are struggling to get one foot ahead of the others and the regular cast is fighting for the good parts.

Release Date:1956-12-03

Vote Count:2

Rasmus and the Vagabond

Rasmus escapes from the orphanage to find parents for himself. He teams up with a hobo and together they experience a series of adventures while looking for a home for Rasmus .

Release Date:1955-12-03

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

7.7

The Master Detective and Rasmus

Kalle Blomkvist and his friends intervene when a professor and his little son Rasmus are kidnapped.

Release Date:1953-11-16

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

6.5

Pippi Longstocking

In a small town lies Villa Villerkulla, and in that villa a small girl, Pippi Longstocking, has moved in with her horse and monkey.

Release Date:1949-12-09

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Vote Count:2

The Brothers Lionheart

The Brothers Lionheart

A limited series adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's novel of the same name. After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Episode Count:1

Rasmus and the Vagabond

Rasmus and the Vagabond

Once Rasmus escapes from the orphanage, he meets on his way a friendly and kind wanderer Oscar, who first persuades him to return to the orphanage, and later allows him to stay and make a living by singing and chopping wood for the old ladies. They spend many unusual, dangerous and interesting adventures together, and reveal the big thieves Lifa and Liandra in the city. In the end, everything goes well and Rasmus finally finds his new family, a warm home and feels what it’s like to live a family life.

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Bambi Awards
9.0

Bambi Awards

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Release Date:1948-01-01

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

5.2

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist

It's summer. Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders have formed a gang, the White Rose. They are in playful battle with Red Rose gang. A relative of Eva-Lotta's mother, Uncle Einar, come to visit and Kalle notice immediately that he is behaving strangely. Einar seems to have hidden something in a closed mine outside town. Two mysterious strangers appear.

Release Date:1947-12-20

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Vote Count:5

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