Astrid Lindgren

Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)

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Lived 1907–2002, aged 95Sweden

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Sweden rank#36
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#36
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Era
1907–2002
Aged 95

Summary

Updated 2026-05-29

Swedish writer behind Pippi Longstocking and a half-dozen other children's series that sold 167 million copies globally. Her activism spawned an actual law—Lex Lindgren—and landed her among the world's most translated authors.

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Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is most notable for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and The Six Bullerby Children, 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 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author. Lindgren had by 2010 sol…

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