Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is the well-known character of the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The Pippi stories are well-known everywhere and Lindgren created a lot of books of this eccentric girl and her escapades. The books have written several decades ago.

Astrid Lindgren created a lot of books about this lively person, and she is called in the earliest Swedish versions Pippi Langstrump. The popular Pippi books are Pippi in the South Seas, Pippi after Christmas Party, Pippi goes on Board, Pippi Longstocking in the Park, Pippi on the Run, and the book named simply Pippi Longstocking.

Pippi Longstocking is the person that many boy or girl dreams of being and she lets us see that everything is possible. This imp is a rebel in a positive way and her behavior is sometimes eccentric. Pippi does what she wants to do and all the things to be done her way. Though Pippi is about 10 years old girl she is smart and familiar with a lot of things. But she is a good liar also. There is one thing that a lot of people know about Pippi and this is that this kid is very strong. Pippi can easily lift her horse Little Old Man up from the ground.

Pippi has several good friends but the best friends are Tommy and Annika, the kids in the neighborhood who live near the Pippi's extraordinary and large house, "Villa Villekulla". Of course, Pippi's dear room-mates are her pet animals, a pet ape Mr. Nilsson and her white horse.

This enthusiastic pigtailed girl with mismatched thigh-high stockings is very often shown to be happy and has positive approach although she is getting in trouble. Pippi Longstocking is by no means nasty and understands what is right and what is wrong. Pippi would like to to protect her friends but not like very much some people like the teacher of her friends. But she never means genuine harm to anybody.

Astrid Lindgren wrote the 1st Pippi book in 1945 and all first Pippi films have created long ago. The Swedish performer Inger Nilsson, who was known for her portrayal of Pippi was born in 1959, so she was only about ten years old in those days she acted in the old Pippi films. Lindgren who created numerous famous characters and stories died in 2002 when she was 94. If you are acquainted with Lindgren's life's work you might remember tales about The Brothers Lionheart, Karlsson-On-The-Roof, Ronia The Robber's Daughter, Emil Of Lonneberga, Seacrow Island or The Children Of Noisy Village.