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: ...

It’s been over five decades since the beloved Pippi Longstocking TV series first aired in 1969, followed by its companion films. The story of the freckled, fearless Pippi and her kind-hearted ...

Publishing project In Other Words aims to introduce young British readers to the next generation – after Asterix and the Moomins – of international literary heroes Pippi Longstocking, from Sweden; the ...

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 ...

She heaves a circus strongman above her head and tosses policemen into bushes, vanquishes hapless burglars and wrongfoots the uptight, bourgeois woman who wants her put into a children’s home. Yet ...

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

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 In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren ...

The world's best-known cheeky redhead is turning 70. Astrid Lindgren's creation, Pippi Longstocking, has been a role model for decades, but how much longer will she survive? "Hello, I am Pippilotta ...