Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character that first appeared in a series of children's books by Astrid Lindgren in 1945. Pippi is a free-spirited girl with red hair in braided pig tails, who lives with a monkey named Mr. Nelson and a horse named Alfonso in a Swedish town called Villa Villakula. She has two friends named Tommy and Annika Settergren, who often accompany her on adventures. Pippi is also known for her super-human strength, which allows her to lift a horse with one hand.
Character Traits
- Full Name: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking
- Red Hair worn in braids
- 9 years old
Adaptations
The Pippi Longstocking books have been adapted for film and television many times. An American Live-Action version was made in 1988, which was called The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking and starred Tami Erin. An animated film was released in 1997, and then adapted into a tv series for HBO, which ran for two years.
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Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1949: Pippi Långstrump
1969: Pippi Långstrump
1969: Pippi Långstrump
1997: Pippi Longstocking
1998: Pippi Longstocking
2001: Pippi Examples
References
Fast Facts
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Books in Series
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Pippi books translated into more than 70 languages in more than 100 countries
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Pippi was thought up during a bedtime story by the writer
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First Movie Adaptation
