![]() She started to tell me a completely new story.” One evening she said, exhausted: ‘But what more can I tell you?’ An answer came bursting forth, in an attempt to keep her by me: ‘Tell me about Pippi Longstocking!’ It was a name out of the blue, only a child’s play on words. I was bored, and kept begging my mother to tell me stories. In a 2016 interview with The Guardian, Lindgren’s daughter, Karin Nyman, fondly recalled the moment Pippi Longstocking was born: “I was ill in bed for a long period in 1941, my first school year. The novel shares the adventures of a brazen, orphaned redhead named Pippi Longstocking. “Pippi Longstocking” (Pippi Långstrump) is the world-renowned Swedish children’s novel by writer Astrid Lindgren, published by Rabén & Sjögren in 1945. She’s Pippi Longstocking or Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking if you want to get technical. And is the brainchild of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren… and her daughter. ![]() ![]() Is a bit of a boss (in the best way possible). Terrible at cleaning (but maybe amazing). ![]()
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