Pippi Longstocking
With Astrid Lindgren´s breakthrough book, Pippi Longstocking (1945), Lindgren at once reinvigorated children’s literature and created one of its most interesting characters. Pippi appeared in chapter books, picture books and a series of film adaptations. Red-haired, pig-tailed, principled, resourceful, independent and so strong that she can lift her horse with ease, Pippi is the nine-year-old daughter of a buccaneering sea captain who lives on a remote island and a mother who died when Pippi was a baby. She lives in a small Swedish village, in a house she names the Villa Villekulla, with Mr Nilsson, her pet monkey, and a horse. She always does what she likes: sleeps the wrong way around in bed, eats whatever she likes and plays instead of going to school. Her best friends, Tommy and Annika, live next door. Their mother initially disapproves of Pippi and her apparent anarchy, but quickly comes to admire her unswerving loyalty to her friends, her kindness and resilience and her fierce sense of fairness.
The first books in the Pippi series were originally illustrated by the Danish artist Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916–1959) and are still reproduced today.
Books from the Pippi Longstocking series
Mera sagor, hyss och äventyr
More Stories, Mischief & Adventures
195×240 mm, 2018, 144 pp
Picture books
Pippi ordnar allt och andra serier
Pippi Can Fix Everything. Collected comics
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
195×240 mm, 2010, 64 pp
Picture books
Pippi vill inte bli stor och andra serier
Pippi Does Not Want yo Grow Up. Collected comics
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
195×240 mm, 2011, 64 pp
Picture books
Pippi hittar en spunk
Pippi Finds a Squeazle
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
215×280 mm, 2008, 24 pp
Picture books
Pippi går i affärer
Pippi Goes Shopping
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
215×280 mm, 2010, 32 pp
Picture books
Pippi i Humlegården
Pippi in the Park
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
215×280 mm, 2000, 24 pp
Picture books
Pippi Långstrump figurskuren pekbok
Pippi Longstocking Shaped Board Book
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
210×240 mm, 2020, 16 pp
Board books
Pippis firar födelsedag
Pippi Longstocking’s Birthday Party
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
215×280 mm, 2020, 32 pp
Picture books
Pippi Långstrump: Nya sommarlovsboken
Pippi Lonstocking: The New Book of Summer Vacation
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
150×200 mm, 2022, 73 pp
Board books
Pippi flyttar in och andra serier
Pippi Moves in. Collected comics
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
195×240 mm, 2010, 64 pp
Picture books
Pippi Långstrump på Kurrekurreduttön
Pippi on Canny Canny Island
215×280 mm, 2019, 42 pp
Board books
Pippi på rymmen
Pippi On the Run
Astrid Lindgren, Fabian Göranson
215×280 mm, 2020, 124 pp
Picture books
På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump
Pippi On the Run. With illustrations from the movie
210×280 mm, 1971, 48 pp
Picture books
Pippi har julgransplundring
Pippi’s After Christmas Party
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
195×240 mm, 2011, 40 pp
Picture books
Pippi räddar julen
Pippi’s Christmas Rescue
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
195×240 mm, 2023, 32 pp
Picture books
Tre berättelser om Pippi Långstrump
Three Stories of Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren, Ingrid Vang Nyman
210×280 mm, 2018, 64 pp
Picture books