This week Sweden celebrates the life of the writer Astrid Lindgren by awarding the annual prize for children's literature set up in her name. But nine years after Lindgren's death, what is the legacy ...

It's Pippi Longstocking's birthday. Why does everyone admire the strongest, bravest and most independent girl in the world? A children's book classic has the answers. "Allow me to introduce myself: ...

Swedish Television has cut out potentially offensive scenes from fresh editions of the popular 1969 Pippi Longstocking series, sparking intense debate on social media over the extent to which old ...

“Pippi Longstocking” has lost none of her boisterous good humor in the nearly 30 years since she first appeared onstage at Children’s Theatre Company. In this incarnation of the famous redhead, ...

Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren introduced the world to “Pippi Longstocking” in 1945. Rambunctious, red-pigtailed Pippi is beloved the world over, especially in Sweden — where people are really mad ...

This week Sweden celebrates the life of the writer Astrid Lindgren by awarding the annual prize for children's literature set up in her name, external. But nine years after Lindgren's death, what is ...

Astrid Lindgren was sympathetic to screen adaptations of her famous character This week Sweden celebrates the life of the writer Astrid Lindgren by awarding the annual prize for children's literature ...