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 ...

American author Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize, with the laureate receiving five million Swedish kronor (more ...

Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital has the following research output in the current window (1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles ...

The 70 vocalists of the Norwegian National Opera Children’s Chorus have a great musical appetite. Here, Emil of Lonneberg, Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof and several other well-known ...

Swedish picture book author and illustrator Eva Lindström was selected from among 282 nominees from 71 countries as this year’s recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest ...

Independent studio Media Res (The Morning Show) has enlisted Oscar-winning filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) to spearhead a TV adaptation of the Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s fantasy ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital in Sweden have determined how children’s immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The ...

Wizard Presents' Meet Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking - a playful and quirky one-woman storytelling performance inspired by Astrid Lindgren's most famous literary creation - will be one of only a ...

Canadian illustrator Jon Klassen has received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which was created in 2002 by the Swedish government to honour the memory of Astrid ...

The 'Another Round' director will adapt the Astrid Lindgren novel as a limited series, together with British playwright Simon Stephens. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Vinterberg will adapt ...

Stockholm is a vibrant city, sprinkled across 14 islands which feature many historical and cultural sites, and an endless selection of bustling restaurants and bars. One of Sweden’s most treasured ...