Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist (Swedish)
Master detective Blomkvist was the first film made after one of Astrid Lindgren's books and is a film adaptation of the book of the same name. It was shot in Sala and one of the roles was Sigge Fürst who played a policeman. The children were found through advertising in a weekly newspaper .The film premiered at cinema Astoria in Stockholm on December 20, 1947. Astrid Lindgren realized after this film and the subsequent Pippi Longstocking (1949) that if there were to be any more film adaptations of her books, she wanted to write the scripts herself. And so it was.
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Astrid Lindgren in Norway
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.