Did you know that...

...Pippi Långstrump is called

...Pippi's horse is called Lilla Gubben/Alfonso?

...Emil is called Michel in German versions because the publishers were worried that German readers may confuse him with Emil from Erich Kästner's books?

...the idea to the story of The Brothers Lionheart originated from a walk to the Vimmerby graveyard where Astrid Lindgren saw a tombstone with the description 'Here lie the little brothers Fahlen, died in 1860'?

...the name 'Pippi Långstrump' was invented by her daughter Karin?

...Astrid's brother Gunnar was the world's first thingfinder?

...Astrid translated children's books herself, under the pseudonym Anna Ericsson or Emilia Ericsson? (They are made up of her middle and maiden names)

...Astrid was mentioned in the Who's Who in America (volume 32, 1960), even though she was not American?

...Sweden named a animal protection law after her for her 80th birthday (November 14, 1987)?


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