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{{quote|"There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it."
|Astrid Lindgren}}
Swedish author of children's books, 1907-2002. Her books have been translated into 85 languages, published in more than a hundred countries and sold more than 145 million copies. She has written dozens of books; some of the most famous ones are ''[[Pippi Longstocking]]'', ''Mio, my Mio'' (pronounced ''Mee-o''), and ''[[Karlsson on the Roof]]''. They verge from the relatively mundane (''The Children of Noisy Village'') to children's detective stories (the ''Bill Bergson'' series) to straight-out fantasy (''[[Ronia the Robber's Daughter]]'', ''[[The Brothers Lionheart]]'') A good chunk of her books have been turned into movies or TV-series, and ''[[Ronia the Robber's Daughter]]'' was turned into an [[anime]] by [[Studio Ghibli]]. (Most of the movies are edited from TV-footage though.)
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* [[Action Girl]]: Any girl protagonist of Lindgren has a good chance of having at least some elements of this, especially in the books with fantastic elements. [[Pippi Longstocking|Pippi]] and [[Ronja the Robber's Daughter|Ronja]] are the clearest examples, but there are many others.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: ''[[The Brothers Lionheart]]'' and Mio.
* [[Author Tract]]: And [[Author Avatar]], at the same time: ''Pomperipossa in Monismania'' is about a writer of childrens' books
* [[Big Eater]]: Karlsson-on-the-roof.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Quite a few characters show this from time to time, though Karlsson-on-the-Roof and [[Pippi Longstocking]] are the clearest examples.
* [[Death by Childbirth]]: The fate of Mio's mother.
* [[Escapist Character]]: Pippi and Karlsson are both prime examples of this, as they regularly do (and get away with!) all kinds of things that children can only ''wish'' they could do -- though in Karlsson's case, Lillebror ends up taking the rap a few times before his parents discover that Karlsson isn't just a fantasy scapegoat.
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* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Ronja and Birk (possible subversion, in that they decide to be brother and sister, and call each other that on several occasions, but there are hints that the relationship could grow to be something more in later years. Birk's mother is certainly convinced of that, and none too pleased about it.)
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: The ''Emil'' books are supposedly based on the writings of Emil's mother, who meticulously wrote down all of Emil's pranks in blue notebooks. Sometimes Lindgren directly quotes from these books either before or after telling about the incident in greater detail, often adding her own thoughts about them and at one point criticizing Emil's mother for being too inaccurate and leaving out important details.
* [[Mafia Princess]]: Ronja has some of these characteristics. When she finds out what a robber actually
* [[Mordor]]: The dark land ruled by Kato in ''Mio''.
* [[Most Writers Are Adults]]: Jonatan Lionheart is a prime example of this trope. He's aged up for the movie and it makes much more sense that way.
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