Astrid Lindgren and the Archives
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2012vol22no1art1125Keywords:
Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking, animal welfare, The Brothers Lionheart, Emil, Karlsson-on-the roof, Swedish children's literatureAbstract
The author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), well-known for the characters Pippi Longstocking, the Brothers Lionheart, Emil and Karlsson-on-the roof, is for many Swedes a genuine national icon. On several occasions, when a list of the most popular and influential Swede has been published, Astrid Lindgren’s name has been prominent. Around the year 2000 many Swedes voted Astrid Lindgren the most important person of the entire 2000 years, something that says much about our often short memory, but more about how popular Astrid Lindgren really is. In the year she turned 90 she was selected as ‘This Year's Swede in the World’ by The Society for Swedes in the World because few Swedes have been so esteemed throughout the world. On receiving the prize she said, ‘You are giving the prize of This Year's Swede in the World to a person who is extremely old, half blind, half deaf and completely mad. We must be careful about spreading this around’ (Törnqvist-Verschuur 2011, p.120).
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References
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Letters and unpublished material
Letter from Astrid Lindgren to Kai Söderhjelm in June 1955, handwriting section of Åbo Akademi. Letter from Astrid Lindgren, 9 March 1966, Rabén & Sjögren’s archive.
Letter from Astrid Lindgren, 30 March 1966, Rabén & Sjögren’s archive.
Letter from Astrid Lindgren to Åsa Nelvin, 28 July 1968, private archive.
Letter to Astrid Lindgren from Antoinette Baker, 5 August 1970, Kungliga biblioteket (Swedish Royal Library).
Astrid Lindgren collection, Kungliga biblioteket (Swedish Royal Library), acc 2009/28. LUF 229, Folk Life Archives at the Division of Ethnology at Lund University.
