This week Sweden celebrates the life of the writer Astrid Lindgren by awarding the annual prize for children's literature set up in her name. But nine years after Lindgren's death, what is the legacy ...

Sweden's much-loved Pippi Longstocking children books have been branded racist by a leading German theologian. Dr Eske Wollrad, from Germany's Federal Association of Evangelical Women, has called on ...

In Sweden, Pippi is something more: a national treasure and embodiment of the country's egalitarian spirit. So when the Swedish national broadcaster announced this fall that it would edit two scenes ...

Swedish Television has cut out potentially offensive scenes from fresh editions of the popular 1969 Pippi Longstocking series, sparking intense debate on social media over the extent to which old ...

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A movie based on Pippi Longstocking is in early development from the team behind the two “Paddington” movies Studiocanal and Heyday Films, the production companies announced on Wednesday. Studiocanal ...

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: ...

Tommy and Annika are on their way home from school and, as usual, they walk past Villa Villekulla. As usual, they say “I wish someone would move in there, someone with children”. Then, they suddenly ...

Way back in 2010, Debra Granik teased out one of the most powerful performances for a female lead in recent cinematic history via Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. Now it seems that she has set her ...

Inger Nilsson as Pippi at the age of eight. Photo: Scanpix Sweden/TT Fans have raised thousands of euros for the Swedish actress who played adventurer Pippi Longstocking on TV, after they discovered ...