One of Astrid Lindgren's bestselling novels is getting reimagined in live-action as one of her books is officially being adapted as a television show.

Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-spirited Pippi Longstocking, died on Monday at the age of 94. Reaching into her childhood memories of the Swedish countryside ...

The Brothers Lionheart' series based on Astrid Lindgren’s classic is in development at Apple TV from Thomas Vinterberg, Simon Stephens and Media Res.

Wilfried Hauke's documentary shines a spotlight on the early years of the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking and Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

A hundred years ago, on 14 November 1907, Astrid Lindgren was born on a small farm in south-central Sweden. When she died at age 95, she had long achieved worldwide renown as the author of books for ...

A new biopic, partly based on a 2015 biography of Swedish children’s writer Astrid Lindgren, being screened at the ongoing Berlin film festival, looks at the grief and heartache that led Lindgren to ...

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 ...

“Tell me a story,” begged 7-year-old Karin, who was bedridden with pneumonia. “Tell me about Pippi Longstocking.” Her mother creatively complied, and a few years later when she was bedridden with her ...

In the winter of 1941, in an apartment in Stockholm, a little girl called Karin Lindgren came down with pneumonia. As she lay in bed, her mother Astrid alleviated her boredom by telling her stories ...

Sweden’s Astrid Lindgren Award is one of the highest awards for books for young people. It was awarded to the French fairytale master, Jean-Claude Mourlevat. One of the most prestigious prizes for ...