Beppe Wolgers (Captain Efraim Longstocking) – The towering and jovial actor who played Pippi’s sea captain father passed away ...

A group of Pioneer Press readers and I toured Scandinavia, which was everything I hoped it would be and more. We visited Sweden, Denmark and Norway, getting glimpses into cosmopolitan cities and ...

Looking for the best things to do in New York City this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list. The Thunderbird Midsummer Powwow returns to the Queens County ...

The best-selling author of How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell, explains her love for the Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren. Born in 1907, Lindgren invented the Pippi Longstocking stories to ...

"Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking is not just the strongest girl in the world," Sutton says, in a statement. "She is a symbol of freedom, strength, kindness, courage and justice.

The Pippi Longstocking festival is the biggest children's festival in Slovenia and will run until the 13th of September. The Pippi Longstocking festival got underway in Velenje today. This is the 35th ...

Pippi Longstocking In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her seven-year-old daughter about a young girl who lived alone and had super-human strength. Show more ...

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has adapted a Pippi Longstocking story, written by popular Swedish children's books author Astrid Lindgren, into a musical show.

Originally, it is Pippi Långstrump, a Swedish character. Astrid Lindgren wrote books for children but her most famous character Pippi Långstrump was published in 1945.

Based on the famous children’s novel about a feisty, young, free-spirited, pigtailed heroine by award-winning, Swedish author, Astrid Lindgren, it was first adapted for the stage in 1982-83 (for ...