""Did anyone listen to the radio on October 15 last year? Did anyone hear that a search was being made for a boy who had disappeared? They said something like: 'The police in Stockholm are looking for nine-year-old Bo Vilhelm Olsson, who left the house at 6 p.m. the day before last apartment Upplandsgatan 13 has disappeared. Bo Vilhelm Olsson has light hair and blue eyes and was wearing short brown trousers, a gray wool sweater and a small red cap. Any police station will take reports of the disappearance.'Yes, so they said. But there was never any communication about Bo Vilhelm Olsson…”Translator: Karl Kurt Peters"
Fakta
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.