According to a popular newspaper, “her adoration turned everything upside down: school, family, normal behavior,” because books about her “ridiculed order and respect, politeness and honesty, and glorified escape from reality.”

For radical feminists, she is "the model of a woman in childhood." But for frightened socialists she is an “elite individualist.” And - oh, horror! - from the point of view of a respectable professor, this is “an unnatural girl, whose adventures only cause disgust and traumatize the soul.”

What kind of terrible subversive of foundations is this? The poisonous arrows of critics are aimed at the children's favorite mischief ─ Pippi Longstocking! Or Pippi Löngstrump, in the Swedish style.

Pippi is the “calling card” of the great storyteller Astrid Lindgren. Why, Lindgren has more than once admitted with a laugh that the girl in multi-colored stockings is very reminiscent of herself. The writer’s closest people, her son and daughter, proudly confirmed the same. Lasse recalled how one day my mother jumped into a tram at full speed, despite the menacing shouts of the conductor, the threat of a fine, and a shoe lost in the jump. And with what pleasure Astrid participated in all the children's games! Karin says that even in old age, my mother climbed trees. Yes, little Karin came up with a name for Pippi, but Astrid herself endowed the character with a rebellious character.

Everyone knows the story of how Karin Lindgren fell ill with pneumonia at the age of seven, and her mother wrote funny stories about Pippi, to console my daughter. But why did Astrid tell her daughter fairy tales that still shock prim mothers and highbrow literary critics?

In the 30s of the 20th century, Sweden moved at an accelerated pace towards the victory of socialism with national figure. New model The state structure was called "People's House", and the topic of educating the younger generation was at the top. Activists advocated for the adoption of orphans and for the adaptation of disabled people into society. But ordinary children also came under the closest attention, right up to the opening of specialized psychiatric clinics for behavioral correction of young patients.

And here’s what’s interesting: people of the old formation with slogans about family values subconsciously pinned their hopes on the return of rigid, orthodox methods of pedagogy. However, in reality, in an industrial developing society, optimism, enthusiasm and resourcefulness in children have come to be valued higher than old-fashioned “good manners” and resigned obedience. A conflict arose between the teachers, which escalated into a heated public debate.

Among Russian book lovers, the most widespread are two diametrically opposed versions of what Astrid Lindgren did in the 1930s and 40s. According to one, she led the comfortable life of a child-loving housewife, occasionally doing small and uncomplicated secretarial work and from time to time writing small fairy tales for family almanacs. According to another version, Lindgren, no less, was a member of the Swedish National Socialist Party and was an ardent fan of Hermann Goering: allegedly having met the ace pilot Goering in the 1920s at an air show, the impressed Astrid in the future scrupulously embodied the features of “Nazi No. 2"… in Carlson: charisma, appetite, aerobatics. The first version is a biography of the writer, edited for the Soviet press. The second is an online “duck” published in 2010 and still “flying” on the Internet.

It is reliably known that Lindgren was not a member of any party, although she supported the Social Democrats and, being old, even stated that if not for her creativity, she would have been involved in politics. The writer’s initiatives include the fight for children’s rights, for reducing the tax burden, and for humane treatment of pets. Not only Sweden, but also Russia, Poland, Great Britain, France, Holland, the USA and other countries, as well as UNESCO, awarded Lindgren for literary creativity, humanism, protection of children and childhood.

If we talk specifically about the 1930-40s, then Astrid can hardly be called a social activist. Rather, this definition was suitable for her journalist sister and politician brother. Gunnar Eriksson supported the Agrarian Party (now the Center Party), and in the 1930s the Agrarian manifestos really moved dangerously close to Nazi ideology when, through farming and selective breeding, they suddenly came to eugenics and the slogans “Sweden for the Swedes.”

Astrid was not an ordinary housewife either. In the late 30s, she became a secretary to the world-famous Swedish criminologist Harry Söderman (he just became the first head of the National Forensic Laboratory). Later, this experience inspired Lindgren to write detective stories about the young detective Kalle Blumkvist. During World War II, Astrid was a secret agent Civil service security. The Secret Service was wiretapping telephone conversations and by perusal (secret viewing) of letters from citizens in order to identify those in neutral Sweden who sympathize with the warring parties.

But let's return to little Pippi, the first book about which was published in the year the war ended - 1945.

As a mother, Astrid Lindgren was keenly interested in the debate about child-rearing methods. Lindgren was firmly convinced that the only true way to educate is to listen to the child, respect and take care of his feelings, and value his thoughts. Take into account his individual psychology and do not put pressure, but liberate him, help him express himself.

What seems obvious, beautiful and correct in words, is implemented in practice with great difficulty. A child who disobeys rules and regulations? A child who needs to “steer” without shouting, spanking, or spanking? Who should be considered as an equal? This kind of miracle-judo will still terrify any adult, but in the first half of the 20th century, Lindgren’s beliefs were a break in the mold, a challenge, a revolution.

So, the story of the mischievous Pippi, who settled in the “Chicken” villa, embodied new ideas for educating the younger generation.

In 1944, for her daughter’s 10th birthday, the future writer gave a homemade book about Pippi, and sent a copy of it to the famous publishing house Bonniers. In her cover letter, Astrid referred to a philosopher, mathematician, future Nobel laureate on the literature of Bertrand Russell: “I read in Russell that main feature psychology of a child ─ his desire to be an adult or, more precisely, a thirst for power." And she added, meaning already own composition: “I hope you don’t raise any alarms at the child welfare agency.”

The manuscript was rejected. One can only guess how furiously Bonniers bit their elbows and other hard-to-reach places when the rejected writer suddenly began publishing book after book under the auspices of competitors, giving the Raben&Sjogren publishing house world fame and considerable profits. I think the publishers who rejected Rowling's Harry Potter will understand them best.

Sometimes it seems that every good children's book inevitably meets with furious protest from adult readers. This, of course, is not true. And yet, when Sweden met Pippi in 1945, many parents could not discern in the red-haired 9-year-old eccentric her hard work, independence, sense of responsibility for herself and others, selfless friendly participation in the life of every person, caring, generosity and creativity. attitude to life, thanks to which Pippi knows how to turn any event into a game.

“When I grow up, I will sail the seas,” Tommy said firmly, “I, too, will become a sea robber, like Pippi.
“Wonderful,” said Pippi. - Storm Caribbean Sea- that's who you and I will be, Tommy. We will take away gold, jewelry, diamonds from everyone, we will set up a hiding place in some grotto on an uninhabited island of the Pacific Ocean, we will hide all our treasures there, and our grotto will be guarded by three skeletons, which we will place at the entrance. And we will also hang out a black flag with the image of a skull and two crossed bones, and every day we will sing “Fifteen Men and a Dead Man’s Box,” so loudly that we will be heard on both shores of the Atlantic Ocean, and from our song all the sailors will turn pale and wonder, Shouldn't they immediately throw themselves overboard to avoid our bloody revenge?
- And I? - Annika asked plaintively. - I don’t want to become a sea robber. What will I do alone?
“You will still swim with us,” Pippi reassured her. - You will wipe the dust from the piano in the wardroom.
The fire went out.
“Perhaps it’s time to go to bed,” said Pippi.
She lined the floor of the tent with spruce wood and covered it with several thick blankets.
- Do you want to lie next to me in the tent? - Pippi asked the horse. - Or would you rather spend the night under a tree? I can blanket you. You say you feel unwell every time you lie down in a tent? “Well, let it be your way,” said Pippi and patted the horse’s rump in a friendly manner.”

Adults were offended by the negative images of their peers in the fairy tale, who refused to understand Pippi, not noticing that they were exactly copying the reaction of these characters.

Meanwhile, authoritative experts on children's literature Eva von Zweigberg and Greta Bulin (Lindgren scholars love to refer to them), and after them the critic Kaisa Lindsten and many others claim: “Pippi embodies the childhood dream of breaking taboos and feeling one’s power. She is a way out of the everyday and authoritarian regime."

Refusing to submit to an authoritarian regime, Pippi is at the same time the embodiment of justice in the broadest sense. Remember how the strongest girl in the world easily lifts and carries a horse in her arms? That's the same! Do you remember why?

“When they were almost there, Pippi suddenly jumped out of the saddle, patted the horse’s sides and said:
“You’ve been driving us all for so long and you’re probably tired.” There cannot be such an order that some are always driving, while others are driving all the time.”

Astrid Lindgren has always looked at the world through the eyes of a child. Through mischief and pranks, her characters try to isolate themselves from adult cruelty, indifference, and neglect. The baby lacks attention, and therefore the love of his parents - and Carlson appears. Pippi Longstocking strives to make her life and that of those around her as interesting as possible, and also always seeks justice ─ and no one can stop her from doing so, because she is the strongest and even the richest, absolutely independent. This is how Astrid Lindgren consoled and supported all children living under constant, destructive, from the writer’s point of view, pressure.

Speaking about Pippi, one cannot help but recall our Grigory Oster, his “Bad Advice” and other books that outrage adults and delight children.

How, from Astrid Lindgren's point of view, adults should react to children's pranks is especially clearly seen in her subsequent books. For example, about Emil from Lennenberg. When the surrounding residents, tired of the mischief of the rebellious boy, collect money and ask to send him to America, Emil’s mother firmly replies: “Emil is a wonderful baby, and we love him for who he is!”

True, the father does not understand the prankster and often locks him in the barn. But next to Emil there is another adult man, a “true father” who does not scold the boy and loves him unconditionally - this is the worker Alfred. Finding himself once again locked up, the curly-haired mischief softens the humiliation of punishment by carving figures from wood ─ Alfred taught! Alfred supports Emil when he, in impotent anger, raises his fist to the sky and threatens to demolish the barn so that he will never again languish for good impulses in offensive captivity.

As a result, in the finale it is Alfred who helps the best that is in Emil to emerge more fully.

Astrid Lindgren's contemporaries were outraged not only by her bold views on education, but also by the tenacity with which she insisted on children's defenselessness in front of adults. In the 1950s, when the war had died down and the world was licking its wounds, Swedish literature for children was dominated by an optimistic idyll. Lindgren paid tribute to this genre. For example, the book “We are all from Bullerby” is permeated with the sunny serenity of a happy childhood.

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking on a German postage stamp

Peppilotta Viktualia Rulgardina Crisminta Ephraimsdotter Longstocking(original name: Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump), better known as Pippi Longstocking - central character series of books by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren.

Name Pippi was invented by Astrid Lindgren's daughter, Karin. In Swedish she is Pippi Longstocking. Translator Lilianna Lungina decided to change the name in translation Pippi on Pippi due to possible unpleasant semantic connotations of the original name for a Russian speaker.

Character

Villa "Chicken" - a house that participated in the filming of the Swedish television series about Pippi

Pippi is a little red-haired, freckled girl who lives alone in the “Chicken” villa in a small Swedish town with her animals: Mr. Nilsson the monkey and the horse. Pippi is the daughter of Captain Ephraim Longstocking, who later became the leader of a black tribe. From her father, Pippi inherited a fantastic physical strength, as well as a suitcase with gold, allowing her to exist comfortably. Pippi's mother died when she was still a baby. Pippi is sure that she has become an angel and is looking at her from heaven ( “My mom is an angel, and my dad is a black king. Not every child has such noble parents.”).

Pippi “adopts,” or rather invents, various customs from different countries and parts of the world: when walking, move backwards, walk down the streets upside down, “because your feet are hot when you walk on a volcano, and your hands can be put on mittens.”

Pippi's best friends are Tommy and Annika Söttergren, children of ordinary Swedish citizens. In the company of Pippi, they often get into trouble and funny troubles, and sometimes - real adventures. Attempts by friends or adults to influence the careless Pippi lead nowhere: she does not go to school, is illiterate, familiar, and always makes up tall tales. However, Pippi has a kind heart and a good sense of humor.

Pippi Longstocking is one of Astrid Lindgren's most fantastic heroines. She is independent and does whatever she wants. For example, she sleeps with her feet on a pillow and her head under the blanket, wears multi-colored stockings when returning home, backs away because she doesn’t want to turn around, rolls out dough right on the floor and keeps a horse on the veranda.

She is incredibly strong and agile, even though she is only nine years old. She carries her own horse in her arms, defeats the famous circus strongman, scatters a whole company of hooligans, breaks off the horns of a ferocious bull, deftly throws out of her own house two policemen who came to her to forcibly take her to an orphanage, and with lightning speed throws two of them onto a closet. smashed the thieves who decided to rob her. However, there is no cruelty in Pippi's reprisals. She is extremely generous towards her defeated enemies. She treats the disgraced police officers with freshly baked heart-shaped gingerbread cookies. And she generously rewards the embarrassed thieves, who have worked off their invasion of someone else's house by dancing with Pippi the Twist all night, with gold coins, this time honestly earned.

Pippi is not only extremely strong, she is also incredibly rich. It costs her nothing to buy “a hundred kilos of candy” and a whole toy store for all the children in the city, but she herself lives in an old dilapidated house, wears a single dress, sewn from multi-colored scraps, and a single pair of shoes, bought for her by her father “for growing up.” .

But the most amazing thing about Pippi is her bright and wild imagination, which manifests itself in the games she comes up with and in amazing stories about different countries, where she visited with her captain dad, and in endless pranks, the victims of which are idiotic adults. Pippi takes any of her stories to the point of absurdity: a mischievous maid bites guests on the legs, a long-eared Chinese man hides under his ears when it rains, and a capricious child refuses to eat from May to October. Pippi gets very upset if someone says that she is lying, because lying is not good, she just sometimes forgets about it.

Pippi is a child’s dream of strength and nobility, wealth and generosity, freedom and selflessness. But for some reason the adults don’t understand Pippi. And the pharmacist, and the school teacher, and the circus director, and even Tommy and Annika’s mother are angry with her, teach her, educate her. Apparently this is why Pippi doesn’t want to grow up more than anything else:

“Grown-ups never have fun. They always have a lot of boring work, stupid dresses and cuminal taxes. And they are also stuffed with prejudices and all sorts of nonsense. They think that a terrible misfortune will happen if you put a knife in your mouth while eating, and so on.”

But “who said you need to become an adult?” No one can force Pippi to do what she doesn't want!

Books about Pippi Longstocking are full of optimism and constant faith in the very best.

Tales of Pippi

• Pippi is going on the road (1946)
• Pippi in the Land of Merry (1948)
• Pippi Longstocking is having a Christmas tree (1979)

Film adaptations

• Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump - Sweden, 1969) - television series by Olle Hellbom. The “Swedish” version of the television series has 13 episodes, the German version has 21 episodes. IN leading role- Inger Nilsson. The television series has been shown in the “German” version on the “Culture” channel since 2004. Film version - 4 films (released in 1969, 1970). Two films - “Pippi Longstocking” and “Pippi in the Land of Taka-Tuka” were shown in the Soviet box office.
• Pippi Longstocking (USSR, 1984) - television two-part feature film.
• The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking - USA, Sweden, 1988
• Pippi Longstocking - Sweden, Germany, Canada, 1997 - cartoon
• Pippi Longstocking - Canada, 1997-1999 - animated series
• “Pippi Longstocking” - filmstrip (USSR, 1971)

Notes

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• Movie characters
• TV series characters
• Cartoon characters
• Fictional girls
• Fictional Swedes
• Characters with superpowers

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Name Pippi was invented by Astrid Lindgren's daughter, Karin. The established Russian rendering of the name “Pippi” instead of the transcription “Pippi” (Swedish Pippi) was proposed by the first translation by L.Z. Lungina in order to avoid obscene connotations in the Russian language.

Characters

Pippi Longstocking is independent and does whatever she wants. For example, she sleeps with her feet on a pillow and her head under the blanket, wears multi-colored stockings when returning home, backs away because she doesn’t want to turn around, rolls out dough right on the floor and keeps a horse on the veranda.

She is incredibly strong and agile, even though she is only nine years old. She carries her own horse in her arms, defeats the famous circus strongman, scatters a whole company of hooligans, breaks off the horns of a ferocious bull, deftly throws out of her own house two policemen who came to her to forcibly take her to an orphanage, and with lightning speed throws two of them onto a closet. smashed the thieves who decided to rob her. However, there is no cruelty in Pippi's reprisals. She is extremely generous towards her defeated enemies. She treats the disgraced police officers with freshly baked heart-shaped gingerbread cookies. And she generously rewards the embarrassed thieves, who have completed their invasion of someone else's house by dancing with Pippi the Twist all night, with gold coins, this time honestly earned.

Pippi is not only extremely strong, she is also incredibly rich. It costs her nothing to buy “a hundred kilos of candy” and a whole toy store for all the children in the city, but she herself lives in an old dilapidated house, wears a single dress, sewn from multi-colored scraps, and a single pair of shoes, bought for her by her father “for growing up.” .

But the most amazing thing about Pippi is her bright and wild imagination, which manifests itself in the games that she comes up with, and in amazing stories about different countries where she visited with her captain dad, and in endless pranks, the victims of which are klutzes. adults. Pippi takes any of her stories to the point of absurdity: a mischievous maid bites guests on the legs, a long-eared Chinese man hides under his ears when it rains, and a capricious child refuses to eat from May to October. Pippi gets very upset if someone says that she is lying, because lying is not good, she just sometimes forgets about it.

Pippi is a child’s dream of strength and nobility, wealth and generosity, freedom and selflessness. But for some reason the adults don’t understand Pippi. And the pharmacist, and the school teacher, and the circus director, and even Tommy and Annika’s mother are angry with her, teach her, educate her. Apparently, this is why Pippi doesn’t want to grow up more than anything else:

“Grown-ups never have fun. They always have a lot of boring work, stupid dresses and cuminal taxes. And they are also stuffed with prejudices and all sorts of nonsense. They think that a terrible misfortune will happen if you put a knife in your mouth while eating, and so on.”

But “who said you need to become an adult?” No one can force Pippi to do what she doesn't want!

Books about Pippi Longstocking are full of optimism and constant faith in the very best.

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Books about Pippi

1. "Pippi moves into the villa "Chicken""(Pippi Långstrump) (1945)
2. "Pippi hits the road"(Pippi Långstrump går ombord) (1946)
3. "Pippi in the Land of Fun"(Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet) (1948)
4. "Pippi Longstocking in the Park Where the Hops Grow" (short story)(Pippi Långstrump i Humlegården) (1949)
5. “Robbing the Christmas Tree, or Grab What You Want” (short story)(Pippi Långstrump har julgransplundring) (1950)

There is also whole line“picture books” that were not published in Russia. They mainly present illustrated editions of individual chapters of the original trilogy.

Translation:
All three stories were translated into Russian by Lilianna Lungina. It is her translation that is now considered classic. There is another translation - by Lyudmila Braude together with Nina Belyakova. Two later stories were translated only by Lyudmila Braude.
Artists:
The main illustrator of books about Pippi is the Danish artist Ingrid Wang Nyman. It is her illustrations that are most famous throughout the world.

Reissue

In a 1970 newspaper interview "Express" Astrid Lindgren admitted that if she wrote books about Pippi today, she would “remove several idiocy from there” - in particular, she would not use the word “Negro.” In 2015, with the consent of her daughter Karin, a new edition of the books was released, in which Pippi's father was described as the "King of the South Sea" rather than the "Negro King".

Pippi Langstrump

Series of books; 1945 - 2000

A series of short and funny stories about an orphan girl who had enormous physical strength. The events take place in the Chicken Villa, where the girl Pippi lives with her pet monkey, Mr. Nils, and a horse.

The series includes books

Pippi moves into the villa "Chicken" (Pippi Langstrump; 1945)

For a long time, adult residents of the small Swedish town where Pippi Longstocking settled could not come to terms with the fact that the little girl lived unattended (after all, thieves could easily get into her place) and did not receive proper upbringing and education. And although Pippi never went to school, she eventually won everyone’s love and respect by rescuing two kids from a burning house.

Pippi is getting ready to go (Pippi Langstrump gar ombord; 1946)

Pippi, Tommy and Annika spend day after day in exciting activities - participating in a school excursion, having fun at a fair and even being “shipwrecked” on a desert island - and it seems that the idyll will never end. But one day, the captain of the “Jumper” and the black king Ephraim Longstocking appears on the threshold of the “Chicken” villa.

Pippi in the country of Merry (Pippi Langstrump i Soderhavet; Pippi Longstocking on the Island of Currecurredoutes; Pippi Longstocking on the Island of Currecurredoutes; 1948)

As the proverb says, there would be no happiness, but misfortune would help. Tommy and Annika were put to bed by measles for two whole weeks, but their parents let them sail on the schooner “Jumper” along with Pippi and her father Ephraim, the Negro king. So, goodbye, strict Miss Rosenblum - and hello, sunny Veseliya!

Robbery of the Christmas Tree, or Grab What You Want from Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Langstrump har julgransplundring; 1979)

Everyone knows that Christmas is the most important holiday of the year, when everyone gives each other gifts and reigns everywhere. good mood. Pippi can't ignore this an important event and, as a result, on the Christmas tree, near the villa of this prankster, sweets, fruits and small souvenirs miraculously “grow”.

Pippi Longstocking in Khmilniki Park (Pippi Langstrump i Humlegården; Pippi Longstocking in the Park Where the Hop Grows; 2010)

The story “Pippi Longstocking in Khmelniki Park,” written back in 1949 for Children’s Day, was lost, and then 50 years later in 1999 it was discovered in the archives of the Royal Library of Stockholm. The writer herself, who had already forgotten about it after reading it, laughed and allowed “to awaken this fairy tale to life from the sleep of Sleeping Beauty.” The story tells about the unexpected move of Pippi, Tommy and Annika to Khmilniki Park to restore order there.

Pippi Longstocking

Name Pippi was invented by Astrid Lindgren's daughter, Karin. The established Russian rendering of the name “Pippi” instead of the transcription “Pippi” (Swedish Pippi) was proposed by the first translation by L.Z. Lungina in order to avoid obscene connotations in the Russian language.

Characters

Pippi Longstocking is independent and does whatever she wants. For example, she sleeps with her feet on a pillow and her head under the blanket, wears multi-colored stockings when returning home, backs away because she doesn’t want to turn around, rolls out dough right on the floor and keeps a horse on the veranda.

She is incredibly strong and agile, even though she is only nine years old. She carries her own horse in her arms, defeats the famous and arrogant circus strongman Adolf, scatters a whole company of hooligans, breaks off the horns of a ferocious bull, deftly expels two policemen who came to her to forcibly take her to an orphanage from her own house, and throws her in with lightning speed. on the closet of two thieves who decided to rob her. However, there is no cruelty in Pippi's reprisals. She is extremely generous towards her defeated enemies. She treats the disgraced police officers with freshly baked heart-shaped gingerbread cookies. And she generously rewards the embarrassed thieves, who have completed their invasion of someone else's house by dancing with Pippi the Twist all night, with gold coins, this time honestly earned.

Pippi is not only extremely strong, she is also incredibly rich. It costs her nothing to buy “a hundred kilos of candy” and a whole toy store for all the children in the city, but she herself lives in an old dilapidated house, wears a single dress, sewn from multi-colored scraps, and a single pair of shoes, bought for her by her father for growing up.

But the most amazing thing about Pippi is her bright and wild imagination, which manifests itself in the games that she comes up with, and in amazing stories about different countries where she visited with her captain dad, and in endless pranks, the victims of which are klutzes. adults. Pippi takes any of her stories to the point of absurdity: a mischievous maid bites guests on the legs, a long-eared Chinese man hides under his ears when it rains, and a capricious child refuses to eat from May to October. Pippi gets very upset if someone says that she is lying, because lying is not good, she just sometimes forgets about it.

Pippi is a child’s dream of strength and nobility, wealth and generosity, freedom and selflessness. But for some reason the adults don’t understand Pippi. And the pharmacist, and the school teacher, and the circus director, and even Tommy and Annika’s mother are angry with her, teach her, educate her. Apparently, this is why Pippi doesn’t want to grow up more than anything else:

“Grown-ups never have fun. They always have a lot of boring work, stupid dresses and cuminal taxes. And they are also stuffed with prejudices and all sorts of nonsense. They think that a terrible misfortune will happen if you put a knife in your mouth while eating, and so on.”

But “who said you need to become an adult?” No one can force Pippi to do what she doesn't want!

Books about Pippi Longstocking are full of optimism and constant faith in the very best.

Books about Pippi

• Pippi Longstocking (story)

• "Pippi moves into the villa "Chicken""(Pippi Långstrump) (1945)
• "Pippi hits the road"(Pippi Långstrump går ombord) (1946)
• "Pippi in the Land of Fun"(Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet) (1948)

• "Pippi Longstocking in the Park Where the Hops Grow" (short story)(Pippi Långstrump i Humlegården) (1949)
• “Robbing the Christmas Tree, or Grab What You Want” (short story)(Pippi Långstrump har julgransplundring) (1950)

There are also a number of “picture books” that were not published in Russia. They mainly present illustrated editions of individual chapters of the original trilogy.

Translation:
The story was translated into Russian by Lilianna Lungina. It is her translation that is now considered classic. There is another translation - by Lyudmila Braude together with Nina Belyakova. Two later stories were translated only by Lyudmila Braude.
Artists:
The main illustrator of books about Pippi is the Danish artist Ingrid Wang Nyman. It is her illustrations that are most famous throughout the world.

Reissue

In a 1970 newspaper interview "Express" Astrid Lindgren admitted that if she wrote books about Pippi today, she would “remove several idiocy from there” - in particular, she would not use the word “Negro.” In 2015, with the consent of her daughter Karin, a new edition of the books was released, in which Pippi's father was described as the "King of the South Sea" rather than the "Negro King".