Astrid Lindgren is one of the most translated authors in the world, and one of the most well-known Swedish authors. Astrid Lindgren’s children character Pippi Longstocking is in truth an unusual young girl. If you know Pippi, you know that she’s a girl who defies all conventions. She lives by herself although she’s only a child, and she is strong enough to lift a horse

It is hardly strange that Pippi eventually became something of a role model in the women’s movement. Pippi breaks with conventional ideas about how girls should behave – and also, perhaps, makes fun of adults’ gender roles in the process. Strong, brave, uninhibited, amusing and rebellious.

The list of Lindgren’s books is long. She wrote 34 chapter books and 41 picture books

Have your read any of these books? Comment below!

Pippi Longstocking

Emil from Lönneberga

Ronia, the robber’s daughter

the brothers Lionheart

Karlsson on the Roof