Pippi Longstocking was anything but ordinary. The red-haired heroine of Swedish children’s literature took on the world with superhuman strength and unbridled imagination, with no parents to tell her ...

With her knack for storytelling, 16-year-old Astrid Ericsson (Alba August) woos a married older man, Reinhold Blomberg (Henrik Rafaelsen). Many years later, this same author, now Mrs. Astrid Lindgren, ...

Pippi Longstocking is coming to the big screen. Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who partnered on the successful “Paddington” features, have joined forces with the Astrid Lindgren Company to work up the ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Popular children’s writer Astrid Lindgren, creator of the braided, freethinking Pippi Longstocking, died Monday. She was 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the ...

A dark secret long held by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren led her to create one of the most beloved heroines of children's literature, Pippi Longstocking, according to a new biopic at the Berlin film ...

Sutton Foster is bringing a beloved book character to life in a whole new way. The Tony Award winner, 49, will narrate a new series of Pippi Longstocking audiobooks, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. The ...

The Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is beloved around the world for her best-selling children's books (most notably “Pippi Longstocking”), but “Becoming Astrid” doesn't primarily concern ...

She’s the strongest girl in the world. With her carrot-coloured pigtails, her striped mismatched socks and her freckles, she’s instantly recognisable. She’s a financially independent child, a reckless ...

With some screen biographies, you go in pre-disposed to like the film because you’re hot for the music (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), or you admire the subject’s political brinksmanship (“Darkest Hour”). Or ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Writer Astrid Lindgren, whose freethinking character Pippi Longstocking has been cherished by youngsters around the world for decades, died yesterday. She was 94. Drawing on her ...