Anyone with the name “Pippi Longstocking” has to be an interesting character. “With such an unusual name, she became an unusual girl,” noted the late Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, whose story about ...

STOCKHOLM — Since she burst onto the scene in 1945 with her mismatched socks, abundant freckles and two red braids sticking straight out of her head, Pippi Longstocking, a rambunctious, joyful girl ...

Pippi Longstocking, a household name in Sweden because of the literary character's curiosity and ideas, has been selected as one of the Sweden Pavilion's guides to help visitors discover the country's ...

Claire Allfree is a writer specialising in books and theatre, but she also writes across The Telegraph more generally. She is as happy interviewing Booker-winning authors and major acting stars as she ...

Older versions of the Pippi Langstrumpf (Pippi Longstocking) book entitled Pippi in the South Seas, have been discarded by libraries in the Botkyrka municipality, reports BreitbartNews. The Botkyrka ...

On March 7, the Swedish residence in New York City opened its doors to librarians and other members of the children’s book community for a gathering in honor of International Women’s Day and the 80th ...

NEW YORK, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BonBon, America's Swedish candy pioneers and purveyors since 2017, is thrilled to unveil its latest confectionary creation inspired by Pippi Longstocking, a ...