Pippi Longstocking is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school.
Pippi Longstocking as illustrated by Ingrid Vang Nyman on the Swedish cover of Pippi Goes On Board
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with a Pippi doll
A screenshot of the 1969 television series, showing Inger Nilsson as Pippi Longstocking
An actress portrays Pippi in front of a scale model of Villa Villekulla at Astrid Lindgren's World.
Pippi Longstocking (novel)
Pippi Longstocking is a Swedish children's novel by writer Astrid Lindgren, published by Rabén & Sjögren with illustrations by Ingrid Vang Nyman in 1945. Translations have been published in more than 40 languages, commonly with new illustrations.
Cover of first edition