The Stockholm apartment that was home Sweden's most famous children's author Astrid Lindgren is set to be turned into a tourist attraction, her family has announced. The creator of Pippi Longstocking, ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Pippi Longstocking, the most popular character of Swedish author and activist Astrid Lindgren. Harriet Marsden speaks to Lindgren’s family, fans – and ...

Astrid Lindgren, 94, the Swedish author of more than 100 novels, ... Mrs. Lindgren was born Astrid Ericsson into a large farm family in the Swedish province of Smaaland.

Lindgren's family has preserved the apartment as it was when she lived there. Tours must be booked in advance on the society's webpage and only 12 people will be allowed at a time.

"Astrid maintained her personality until the end," her friend, Margareta Stroemstedt, told the newspaper Expressen, adding that Lindgren spent her final days surrounded by family members. Lindgren ...

Jacqueline Woodson, who won a National Book Award for her memoir in verse “Brown Girl Dreaming,” won the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award on Tuesday.

Astrid Ericsson Lindgren, the self-described “mother” of freckled Pippi Longstocking whose prodigious writing includes some 115 books, a dozen plays, two dozen screenplays, plus songs and ...

Astrid Lindgren is shown growing up with her parents, brother, and two sisters in the countryside near Vimmerby Sweden on their farm, from age 16 up: going to church, attending dances, helping on ...

Film Review: ‘Becoming Astrid’ A gorgeous piece of heritage filmmaking that chronicles a character-forming period in the young life of the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren.

'The Bridge' creator Hans Rosenfeldt is set to adapt Astrid Lindgren’s bestselling book 'Ronja the Robber’s Daughter' for NENT Group.