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 ...

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 ...

A Swedish children's television show created quite a sensation worldwide when it was first broadcast in 1969. The show was also a big hit in Korea when it was aired in the 1980s, gathering a lot of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swedish Television SVT is to edit an old Swedish Pippi Longstocking tv-series to remove racist remarks ahead of its re-release on DVD. "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump" was originally broadcast in 1969 ...

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

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: ...

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