Mitt barndomshem Näs
Astrid Lindgren's childhood home is still on the farm Näs in Vimmerby. There she grew up, and there she returned regularly in her life. Experiences and memories from there were often the starting point when she created her stories and characters. In 1987, she left the house to her nieces. Still a little later, she handed them a stack of typewritten pages: "Now I'm finally going to start something that I've been thinking about for a long time..." Then Astrid Lindgren talks about the "real" Bullerbyn, interiors, people, places and objects "to guide for Gunvor, Barbro and Eivor, who after my death have no one to ask." Watercolor paintings and a wealth of photographic material follow the author's own text.
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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.