The following is a list of books published by Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish author of children's fiction.
Title (series) | Title (individual novel) | Alternative titles | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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Bill Bergson series (Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist) | Bill Bergson, Master Detective | Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist | 1946 | 1952 | ||
Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously | Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt | 1951 | 1954 | |||
Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue | Kalle Blomkvist och Rasmus | 1954 | 1965 | |||
The Children on Troublemaker Street series | The Children on Troublemaker Street | Lotta, Lotta Says No!, Mischievous Martens | Barnen på Bråkmakargatan | 1956 | 1964 | |
Lotta on Troublemaker Street | Lotta Leaves Home, Lotta Makes a Mess | Lotta på Bråkmakargatan | 1961 | 1964 | ||
Emil of Lönneberga series (Emil i Lönneberga) | Emil in the Soup Tureen | Emil and the Great Escape, That Boy Emil! | Emil i Lönneberga | 1963 | 1970 | |
Emil's Pranks | Emil and the Sneaky Rat, Emil Gets into Mischief | Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga | 1966 | 1971 | ||
Emil and Piggy Beast | Emil and His Clever Pig | Än lever Emil i Lönneberga | 1970 | 1973 | ||
Karlsson-on-the-Roof series (Karlsson på taket) | Karlsson-on-the-Roof | Karlson on the Roof, Eric and Karlsson-on-the-Roof | Lillebror och Karlsson på taket | 1955 | 1958 | |
Karlson Flies Again | Karlsson-on-the-Roof is Sneaking Around Again | Karlsson på taket flyger igen | 1962 | 1977 | ||
The World’s Best Karlson | Karlsson på taket smyger igen | 1968 | 1980 | |||
Kati series | Kati in America | Kati i Amerika | 1951 | 1964 | ||
Kati in Italy | Kati på Kaptensgatan | 1952 | 1961 | |||
Kati in Paris | Kati i Paris | 1953 | 1966 | |||
Madicken series | Mardie | Mischievous Meg | Madicken | 1960 | 1962 | |
Mardie to the Rescue | Madicken och Junibackens Pims | 1976 | 1981 | |||
The Runaway Sleigh Ride | Titta, Madicken, det snöar! | 1983 | 1984 | |||
Pippi Longstocking series (Pippi Långstrump) | Pippi Longstocking | Pippi Långstrump | 1945 | 1950 | ||
Pippi Goes On Board | Pippi Goes Aboard | Pippi Långstrump går ombord | 1946 | 1957 | ||
Pippi in the South Seas | Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet | 1948 | 1959 | |||
The Six Bullerby Children / The Children of Noisy Village series (Barnen i Bullerbyn) | The Children of Noisy Village | Cherry Time at Bullerby | Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn | 1947 | 1962 | |
Happy Times in Noisy Village | Bara roligt i Bullerbyn | 1952 | 1963 | |||
Title | Alternative titles | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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The Brothers Lionheart | Bröderna Lejonhjärta | 1973 | 1975 | ||
Mio, My Son | Mio, My Mio | Mio, min Mio | 1954 | 1956 | |
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter | Ronja rövardotter | 1981 | 1983 | ||
Seacrow Island | Vi på Saltkråkan | 1964 | 1968 | ||
Rasmus and the Vagabond | Rasmus and the Tramp | Rasmus på luffen | 1956 | 1960 | |
Title (series) | Title (individual novel) | Alternative titles | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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Children's Everywhere series | Noriko-San: girl of Japan | Eva Visits Noriko-San | Eva möter Noriko-san | 1956 | 1958 | |
Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro | Sia bor på Kilimandjaro | 1958 | 1959 | |||
My Swedish Cousins | Mina svenska kusiner | 1959 | 1959 | |||
Lilibet, circus child | Lilibet, cirkusbarn | 1960 | 1961 | |||
Marko Lives in Yugoslavia | Marko bor i Jugoslavien | 1962 | 1963 | |||
Dirk Lives in Holland | Jackie bor i Holland | 1963 | 1964 | |||
Randi Lives in Norway | Gerda Lives in Norway | Randi bor i Norge | 1965 | 1965 | ||
Noy Lives in Thailand | Noy bor i Thailand | 1966 | 1967 | |||
Matti Lives in Finland | Matti bor i Finland | 1968 | 1968 | |||
The Children on Troublemaker Street series | Lotta's Bike | Of Course Polly Can Ride a Bike | Visst kan Lotta cykla | 1971 | 1972 | |
Lotta's Christmas Surprise | Of Course Polly Can Do Almost Anything | Visst kan Lotta nästan allting | 1965 | 1978 | ||
Lotta's Easter Surprise | Visst är Lotta en glad unge | 1990 | 1991 | |||
Emil of Lönneberga series (Emil i Lönneberga) | Emil's Little Sister | När lilla Ida skulle göra hyss | 1984 | 1985 | ||
Emil's Sticky Problem | Emils hyss nr 325 | 1970 | 1986 | |||
Peter & Lena series | I Want a Brother or Sister | That's My Baby | Jag vill också ha ett syskon | 1971 | 1979 | |
I Want to Go to School Too | Jag vill också gå i skolan | 1971 | 1980 | |||
Pippi Longstocking series (Pippi Långstrump) | Pippi on the Run | På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump | 1971 | 1976 | ||
Pippi's After-Christmas Party | Pippi Långstrump har julgransplundring | 1950 | 1995 | |||
Pippi Longstocking in the Park | Pippi Långstrump i Humlegården | 1945 | 2001 | |||
Pippi Moves In! | Pippi flyttar in | 1969 | 2012 | |||
The Six Bullerby Children / The Children of Noisy Village series (Barnen i Bullerbyn) | Christmas in Noisy Village | Jul i Bullerbyn | 1963 | 1964 | ||
Springtime in Noisy Village | Vår i Bullerbyn | 1965 | 1966 | |||
Children's Day in Bullerbu | A Day at Bullerby | Barnens dag i Bullerbyn | 1961 | 1967 | ||
The Tomten series | The Tomten | Tomten är vaken | 1960 | 1961 | ||
The Tomten and the Fox | Räven och Tomten | 1965 | 1965 | |||
Title | Alternative titles | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother | Kajsa Kavat hjälper mormor | 1958 | 1961 | ||
A Calf for Christmas | När Bäckhultarn for till stan | 1989 | 1992 | ||
Christmas in the Stable | Jul i stallet | 1961 | 1962 | ||
The Day Adam Got Mad | Goran's Great Escape | När Adam Engelbrekt blev tvärarg | 1991 | 1993 | |
The Dragon with Red Eyes | Draken med de röda ögonen | 1985 | 1986 | ||
The Ghost of Skinny Jack | Skinn Skerping – Hemskast av alla spöken i Småland | 1986 | 1988 | ||
I Don't Want to Go to Bed | Jag vill inte gå och lägga mig! | 1947 | 1988 | ||
In the Land of Twilight | I Skymningslandet | 1949 | 2012 | ||
Mirabelle | Mirabell | 2002 | 2003 | ||
Most Beloved Sister | My Very Own Sister | Allrakäraste syster | 1973 | 1974 | |
My Nightingale Is Singing | Spelar min lind, sjunger min näktergal | 1959 | 1985 | ||
Now That Night Is Near | Alla ska sova | 2019 | 2020 | [1] [2] | |
The Red Bird | Sunnanäng | 1959 | 2005 | ||
Scrap and the Pirates | Skrallan and the Pirates | Skrållan och Sjörövarna | 1967 | 1968 | |
Simon Small Moves In | Nils Karlsson-Pyssling flyttar in | 1956 | 1965 | ||
The Story Journey From Junedale to Nangilima | Sagoresan från Junibacken till Nangilima | 2006 | 2010 |
Title | Alternative titles | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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25 automobile tours in Sweden | 25 bilturer i Sverige | 1939 | 1939 | Published by Motormännens riksförbund (The Swedish Automobile Association) and Svenska turisttrafikförbundet (Swedish Tourist Traffic Association), Astrid Lindgren was not credited as the author. [3] | |
Pomperipossa in Monismania | Pomperipossa in Monimania | Pomperipossa i Monismanien | 1976 | 2002 | Published in Swedish Book Review 2002:1, P. 22-26. [4] |
If I were God | Vore jag Gud or Om jag vore gud | 1975 | 2018 | Published in Never Violence! [5] | |
Why do we write children’s books? | Varför skriver man barnböcker? | 1983 | 2017 | Essay, first published in the final edition of Svensk Litteraturtidskrift (1983), the English essay was published in Children's Literature, volume 45, 2017, P. 188-195, Johns Hopkins University Press and was translated by Elizabeth Sofia Powell. | |
Pippi Can Lift a Horse: The Importance of Children's Books | 1982 | 1983 | Lecture, delivered by Astrid Lindgren at the Library of Congress on 15 November 1982, during the National Children's Book Week, later published as an English essay in The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (1983), Volume 40, No. 3, P. 188-201. |
Title | Original release | Notes and references |
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Britt-Mari lättar sitt hjärta | 1944 | [6] |
Kerstin och jag | 1945 | [7] |
Nils Karlsson-Pyssling | 1949 | Only the stories Simon Small Moves In, Mirabelle , Most Beloved Sister and In the Land of Twilight have been translated into English. The rest of the stories (Lustig-Gök, En natt i maj, Ingen rövare finns i skogen, Prinsessan som inte ville leka and Peter och Petra) not. [8] |
Sex Pjäser for barn och ungdom | 1950 | Contains the theatre plays: Pippi Långstrumps liv och leverne, Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist, Huvudsaken är att man är frisk, En fästmö till låns, Jag vill inte vara präktig, and Snövit. [9] |
Kajsa Kavat | 1950 | Only the stories Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother and The Day Adam Got Mad have been translated into English. The rest of the stories (Gull-Pian, Lite om Sammelagust, Nånting levande åt Lame-Kal, Under körsbärsträdet, Hoppa högst, Stora syster och lille bror, Pelle flyttar till Komfusenbo, Märit and Godnatt, herr luffare!) not. [10] |
Sunnanäng | 1959 | Only the stories The Red Bird and My Nightingale Is Singing have been translated into English. The rest of the stories (Tu tu tu! and Junker Nils av Eka) not. [11] |
Rasmus, Pontus och Toker | 1957 | [12] |
Pjäser för barn och ungdom - andra samlingen | 1968 | Contains the theatre plays: Ingen rövare finns i skogen; Jul hos Pippi Långstrump; Serverat, ers majestät; Rasmus, Pontus och Toker; Rasmus på luffen; Kalle Blomkvist, Nisse Nöjd och Vicke på vind. [13] |
Mitt Småland | 1987 | [14] |
En jul i Småland för länge sen | 1992 | It was first published in the novel En jul när jag var liten [15] and later released as picture book. |
Mitt barndomshem Näs: Astrid Lindgren berättar | 2007 | [16] |
Dina brev lägger jag under madrassen: en brevväxling 1971-2002 | 2012 | [17] |
Jultomtens underbara bildradio och andra berättelser, 1933-1947 | 2013 | Contains the stories: Jultomtens underbara bildradio, Johans äventyr på julafton, Filiokus, Pumpernickel och hans bröder, Den stora råttbalen, Julafton i Lilltorpet, Olle och Svipp, Mors-Dagsgåvan, Också en morsdagsgåva, Vännevän och harungen, Jorma och Lisbet, Sakletare, Måns börjar skolan, Två små bröder, and De första försöken: efterord. [18] |
Före grupp 8 – mycket före. Kåserier och noveller för vuxna | 2014 | Contains the stories: Maja får en fästman, Anders, Filiokus, Fyra kåserier av "Bibban", Om Epiktetos och vårhatten, Om platser, Om övertid, Om Bertil och fosterlandet, "Goddag tant Fia ...", Kampen om Fredrik, Dialog på Bröllopsdagen, Mitt fiasko som fru, Brevet. Novell, Fröken Palmkvist får semester, Johansson blir vetlös, Mammas lilla Nickon, Fröken Nettel vill inte skriva böcker, and Möte med fru Blomkvist. [19] |
Jag har också levat! | 2016 | [20] |
Title | Notes and references |
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Kalle Blomkvist, Nisse Nöjd och Vicke på Vind | Published in the book Pjäser för barn och ungdom. andra samlingen (1968). |
Jul hos Pippi Långstrump | Published in the book Pjäser för barn och ungdom. andra samlingen (1968). |
Serverat, Ers Majestät! | Published in the book Pjäser för barn och ungdom. andra samlingen (1968). |
En fästmö till låns | Published in the book Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950). |
Huvudsaken är att man är frisk | Published in the book Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950). |
Jag vill inte vara präktig | Published in the book Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950). |
Snövit | Published in the book Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950). |
Pippi Långstrumps liv och leverne | Published in the book Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950). |
Mästerdetektiven Kalle Blomkvist: För kasperteater två korta akter | Published in the book Serverat, Ers Majestät! (1955). |
Title | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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Samuel August from Sevedstorp and Hanna i Hult , also A Love story | Samuel August från Sevedstorp och Hanna i Hult | 1975 | 2007 | [21] [22] |
How Astrid Lindgren achieved enactment of the 1988 law protecting farm animals in Sweden | Min ko vill ha roligt (only parts of the book have been translated into English) | 1989, Animal Welfare Institute | [23] [24] | |
Never Violence | Aldrig våld | 2018 | 2018 | [25] |
War Diaries, 1939-1945 | Krigsdagböcker 1939-1946 | 2015 | 2017 | [26] |
Title | Author | Original title | Original release | English release | Notes and references |
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Astrid from Vimmerby | Lena Törnqvist | Astrid från Vimmerby | 1998 | 1999 | [27] |
Astrid Lindgren – A Critical Study | Vivi Edström | Astrid Lindgren: Vildtoring och lägereld | 1992 | 2000 | [28] |
Astrid Lindgren, Storyteller to the World | Johanna Hurwitz | Astrid Lindgren, Storyteller to the World | 1989 | 1989 | [29] |
Astrid Lindgren: The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking | Jens Andersen | Denne Dag, Et Liv - En Astrid Lindgren-biografi | 2014 | 2018 | [30] |
Astrid Lindgren (World Authors Series) | Eva-Maria Metcalf | Astrid Lindgren | 1995 | 1995 | [31] |
From Astrid to Lindgren | Vladimir Oravsky, Kurt Peter Larsen | Från Astrid till Lindgren | 2007 | 2018 | [32] |
The whole world's Astrid Lindgren: an exhibition at Astrid Lindgren's Näs | Kjell Åke Hansson | Hela världens Astrid Lindgren | 2007 | 2007 | [33] |
Astrid Lindgren - a life | Cilla Dalén | Astrid Lindgren - ett liv | 2017 | 2018 | [34] |
Beyond Pippi Longstocking: Intermedial and International Approaches to Astrid Lindgren's Work | Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Astrid Surmatz | - | 2011 | 2011 | [35] |
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known 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 sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and respect for their individuality." Her opposition to corporal punishment of children resulted in the world's first law on the matter in 1979, while her campaigning for animal welfare led to a new law, Lex Lindgren, in time for her 80th birthday.
Pippi Longstocking is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school.
Bill Bergson is a fictional character created by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The first book featuring him was published in 1946.
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War Diaries, 1939–1945 is a book written by Astrid Lindgren. It contains the diary entries that Lindgren made during the Second World War. The book has been translated into many different languages including German and English.
Min ko vill ha roligt is a book written by Astrid Lindgren and Kristina Forslund. It contains all articles concerning animal protection and mass production that Lindgren and Forslund wrote in the Swedish magazines Expressen and Dagens Nyheter from 1985 to 1989. Their activities led to a new Swedish law which was later called Lex Lindgren and was announced at Lindgren's 80th birthday.
Astrid Lindgren's plays are a number of theater plays written by Astrid Lindgren in the 1940s to 1970s. Part of the plays are based on her books, other stories were only written for theater. Since almost all of Astrid Lindgren's works have been staged for theater, this page only deals with the plays, whose scripts were written by Astrid Lindgren. Many of these works were published in the Swedish books Sex Pjäser för barn och ungdom (1950), Serverat, Ers Majestät! (1955) and Praeser för barn och ungdom. Other Samlingen (1968). Most of these works have not been translated into English. These include stories about well-known characters such as Kalle Blomquist or Pippi Longstocking, which were only written for the theater and were not published as prose.
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