On a summer morning in Stockholm, go down to the quay at Strandväg and see if there is a small white archipelago steamer called Saltkrokan I. If it is, then it's the right steamer and you just have to get on board. Period At ten o'clock he will ring the bell for departure, and cast astern from the pier, for now it is out on his usual voyage, which ends at the islands far out, where the sea begins, There is Saltkrokan, the island which the steamer his And there, on a June day, a father and his four children, the Melcherson family, docked...Translator: Thyra Dohrenburg
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The first to bring Astrid Lindgren's books abroad was the publisher Damm & Søn in Oslo, with their Norwegian edition of "Pippi Longstocking" already appearing in 1946. This marked the beginning of a long-standing relationship. Today, most of her books in Norway are published by Cappelen Damm, a publishing house formed through the merger of Cappelen and Damm. Astrid's book adaptations into films also became popular in Norway, as did her famous songs. One of Astrid Lindgren's favorite books was "Hunger" by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun; she often mentioned it as one of her greatest reading experiences.