Astrid Lindgren

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-11-14 (95 years old)

Deathday

2002-01-28

Place of Birth

Vimmerby, Kalmar län, Sweden

Astrid Lindgren

Biography

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son, Ronia the Robber's Daughter, and The Brothers Lionheart. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th mos...

Acting

1971

1972

2013

That Boy Emil

as Storyteller (voice)

2014

Astrid

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Morianna

as Old lady's friend

2019

Året var 1969

as Self (archive footage)

2018

2012

Production

1977

1989

1970

1970

Pippi on the Run

as Screenplay

1971

1971

Emil i Lönneberga

as Screenplay

1972

1980

1969

Pippi Longstocking

as Screenplay

1969

1997

1993

1989

Brenda Brave

as Writer

1988

1984

1955

1984

Mio min Mio

as Writer

1973

Emil and the Piglet

as Screenplay

1992

1960

1956

1966

1995

Saltkråkan

as Writer

1968

1970

1989

Goldi

as Writer

1969

1985

Naughty Emil

as Novel

1989

Highest Jump

as Short Story

1989

Highest Jump

as Screenplay

2013

That Boy Emil

as Original Story

1966

2019

1969

Pippi Goes on Board

as Screenplay

1969

Pippi's Christmas

as Characters

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