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Russia smears Pippi Longstocking author as Nazi in propaganda posters
NATO

Russia smears Pippi Longstocking author as Nazi in propaganda posters

Ask a translator: Sarah Death on Astrid Lindgren’s War Diaries
TRANSLATION

Ask a translator: Sarah Death on Astrid Lindgren's War Diaries

The Local Sweden's Book Club has been reading the wartime diaries of Astrid Lindgren, in which the children's author documents domestic life alongside world events. We spoke to translator Sarah Death about her relationship with Lindgren and her experience working with the diaries.

Book Club: Join us at our April event in Stockholm
THELOCAL

Book Club: Join us at our April event in Stockholm

Danish biopic explores hidden suffering of ‘Pippi Longstocking’
ASTRID LINDGREN

Danish biopic explores hidden suffering of ‘Pippi Longstocking’

SECOND WORLD WAR

Book Club: A World Gone Mad – The Wartime Diaries of Astrid Lindgren

Book Club: A World Gone Mad – The Wartime Diaries of Astrid Lindgren
RACISM

Police report filed after Swedish daycare listens to Pippi Longstocking stories

Police report filed after Swedish daycare listens to Pippi Longstocking stories
BOOK

Astrid Lindgren family plans apartment museum

Astrid Lindgren family plans apartment museum
NOBEL

Swedish Astrid Lindgren prize for African group

Swedish Astrid Lindgren prize for African group
Secret scandal behind ‘Pippi Longstocking’ explored in new Lindgren biopic
ASTRID LINDGREN

Secret scandal behind ‘Pippi Longstocking’ explored in new Lindgren biopic

US writer wins Sweden’s top children’s book prize
LITERATURE

US writer wins Sweden’s top children’s book prize

Hot Swedish nurses calendar: yes or no?
HEALTH

Hot Swedish nurses calendar: yes or no?

XENOPHOBIA

‘It’s high time for us to rethink our romanticized view of Sweden’

‘It’s high time for us to rethink our romanticized view of Sweden’