Swedish Children's Writers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Chapters: Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson, Astrid Lindgren, Barbro Lindgren, Bengt Anderberg, Bertil Almqvist, Christina Herrström, Edith Unnerstad, Elsa Beskow, Ester Ringnér-Lundgren, Eva Bexell, Gösta Knutsson, Gunilla Bergström, Hans Peterson, Helena Dahlbäck, Helena Nyblom, Helena Pielichaty, Ingelin Angerborn, Inger Jalakas, Jan-Olof Ekholm, Johanna Westman, Jonas Sima, Katarina Mazetti, Laura Trenter, Margareta Ekström, Maria Gripe, Marita Lindquist, Martin Widmark, Max Lundgren, Moni Nilsson-Brännström, Nils Egerbrandt, Per Nilsson (writer), Peter Pohl, Pija Lindenbaum, Rizah Sheqiri, Sven Nordqvist, Thomas Funck, Thomas Tidholm, Ulf Stark. Excerpt: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Ericsson) (Swedish pronunciation: ( listen)), 14 November 1907 ¿ 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter. She is the world's 18th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. She is best known for the Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof and the Six Bullerby Children book series. Astrid Lindgren in 1924Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories and landscapes. However, Pippi Longstocking, one of her most famous books, was set in Gotland. Lindgren was the daughter of Samuel August Ericsson and Hanna Johnsson. She had two sisters and a brother, Gunnar Ericsson, who eventually became a member of the Swedish parliament. Upon finishing school, Lindgren took a job with the a local newspaper in Vimmerby. When she became pregnant with the chief editor's child in 1926, he proposed marriage. She declined and moved to Stockholm, learning to become a typist and stenographer (she would later write most of her drafts in stenography). In due time, she gave birth to her son, Lars, in Copenhagen and left him in the care of a foster family. Although poorly paid, she saved whatever she could and travelled as often as possible to Copenhagen to be with Lars, often just over a weekend, spending most of her time on the train back and forth. Eventually, she managed to bring Lars home, leaving him in the care of her parents until she could afford to raise him in Stockholm. In 1931, she married her boss, Sture Lindgren (1898¿1952). Three years later, in 1934, Lindgren gave birth to her second child, Karin, who became a translator. The character Pippi Longstocking was invented for her daughter to amuse her while she was ill and bed-ridden. Lindgren later related that Karin had suddenly said to her, "Tell me a story about Pippi Longstocking," and the tale was created in response to that remark. The family moved in 1941 to an apartment