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Astrid Lindgren's World to Revamp Junibacken for 50 Million Kronor
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Pippi Longstocking Celebrates 80 Years with New Audio Drama Release
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This year, Pippi Longstocking turns 80 years old and it is celebrated, among other things, by the stories about her becoming audio dramas, for the first time. Gustaf Hammarsten does the narrative voice and actors from Astrid Lindgren's world portray the popular roles
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Pippi Longstocking's Hollywood Inspiration Revealed
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What is more Swedish than Pippi Longstocking? But Astrid Lindgren got great inspiration for her character from Hollywood. It is true to 100 percent, says film scholar Mats Rohdin
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Pourmokhtari Defends Dairy Cows' Grazing Rights Amid Tidö Party Debate
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The issue of cross-party grazing rights is dividing the Tidö parties. Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (The Liberals) intends to take a stand on the issue
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Alma Prize Winner Marion Brunet Shares Greta Thunberg's Concerns
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This year's Alma prize winner, French Marion Brunet, writes page-turners about young people's revolt against "rotten adults". She herself shares Greta Thunberg's concern and anger
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Swedish Theme Park Wins 28 Million Kronor in Pandemic Closure Case
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The Swedish state is ordered to pay damages of approximately 28 million kronor to the theme park Astrid Lindgren's World after the forced closure during the pandemic.
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Pippi Longstocking Kicks Off Swedish Film Festival on Capri
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Pippi Longstocking Around the World – Celebrating Astrid Lindgren’s Global Legacy at Lidingö City Library
Stockholm, Sweden – Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), the beloved matriarch of Swedish children’s literature, continues to inspire readers worldwide, exciting new milestones and meaningful events are unfolding in her honor.
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Alba August Welcomes Baby Daughter with Pontus Winnberg
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Alba August has become a mother. The actress gave birth to a daughter at the end of last year, she tells Aftonbladet
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Philip Pullman Announces Final Book in The Golden Compass Series
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The author Philip Pullman's worldwide success "The Golden Compass" has come to an end. Now he reveals the details about the last book in the popular youth series
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David Sundin Celebrates Pippi's 80th with New Astrid Lindgren Book
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He has a whole collection of Astrid Lindgren items and has written Pippi Longstocking's cookbook. Just in time for Pippi's 80th anniversary, David Sundin is releasing a fact book about the beloved children's book author
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Pippi Longstocking Now Speaks Nigerian Pidgin in 80th Translation
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Astrid Lindgren's beloved story about Pippi Longstocking has been translated into an 80th language – and is now also available in Nigerian Pidgin.
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Pippi Longstocking Returns to Children's Radio with Fresh Voices
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Marion Brunet Wins Alma Prize for Young Adult Literature
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The French author Marion Brunet receives this year's Alma Prize. In her novels, she portrays young people's revolt against a corrupt society
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World's Largest Children's Book Prize Set for 1 PM Announcement
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The announcement takes place at 1 pm – just like the Nobel Prize. But despite the Alma Prize being the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature, it leads a more obscure existence
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Therese Bohman Wins Vi's Literature Prize for Captivating Novel
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Therese Bohman receives the literary prize from the magazine Vi for the novel "Sanningsberget". The jury calls it "a suggestive page-turner"
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Superti's song went viral after the Örebro shooting
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"Can someone tell Olof Palme that safe Sweden is just a memory", sings Simon Superti in "Bullerbyn is dead" — a song that has come to reflect the sorrow after the shooting in Örebro. I'm extremely proud to be able to gather people in some way, he says
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Pippi Longstocking, one of Sweden's most beloved and well-known figures in the world
You're probably familiar with Pippi Longstocking, a world-renowned character created by author [Astrid Lindgren](https://www. astridlindgren
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The Honorary Award to Lasse Hallström
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A merit list containing Abbas music videos, "My Life as a Dog" and a long Hollywood career was honored at the Guldbagge Awards. Lasse Hallström received the honorary award
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Christmas Highlights on TV and in Cinemas
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Lassgård, Levengood, Läckberg – and Robbie Williams as a chimpanzee – dominate on the screen and at the cinema this year. Here are the highlights of Christmas on TV and on the white screen
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SVT to air Netflix's Ronja the Robber's Daughter series
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SVT is showing Netflix's new Ronja the Robber's Daughter series in rerun during the Christmas holidays.
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Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"
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He Kang took up the political unrest in South Korea directly at his press conference in Stockholm. Like many other South Koreans, I have been shocked by the recent days' events in my homeland, she says
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The Government: This is What Children Should Read in School
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From Astrid Lindgren's classics to contemporary authors such as Nora Khalil and Ann-Helén Laestadius. Now, the National Agency for Education and the Arts Council are presenting the reading lists with 250 works of fiction that have been developed to support teachers
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The Astrid Lindgren Prize goes to a "tough-boiled" author
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Tough-boiled, easy to read, and immediate. This is how the jury describes this year's Astrid Lindgren prize winner Petter Lidbeck, who is awarded the prize of 100,000 kronor for an authorship that "grabs you from the very first page"
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