Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren's Christmas (2024)

This Christmas special breathes new life into some of Astrid Lindgren's beloved stories. Some, we've seen before, some we've never seen in animated form and some are completely new. Centering around a mysterious cuckoo clock, this film brings us into the w ...

The Santa and the Fox (2019)

It's Christmas time. The fox is starving and tries to kill the chickens in the henhouse. Animated short based on a book by Astrid Lindgren. ...

Pippi Longstocking (2019)

Pippi Longstocking, a superhuman girl, extremely strong, redhead with pigtails and freckles, moves to Villa Villekulla, a wooden house located in a small town, together with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, Little Old Man. She soon befriends the chi ...

Rocca Changes the World (2019)

11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world. ...

That Boy Emil (2013)

'E-e-emil!' shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed. Except that Emil doesn't see this as punishment – on the contrary: he locks the door from inside so that he can con ...

Tomte Tummetott und der Fuchs (2007)

When Reynard the fox creeps silently from his den to the farm searching for food, it is the troll Tomten who keeps the farm animals safe and even manages to find something to feed a hungry fox. ...

Karlsson on the Roof (2002)

A beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that's Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn't very shy. His door sign says "The world's best Karlsson". One day he just flew threw the window into Little Brothers bedroom. ...

Pippi's Adventures on the South Seas (1999)

A mysterious ship has sailed into Pippi's hometown and the Captain turns out to be her father... ...

Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus (1997)

An engineer and his 5-year old son Rasmus are kidnapped by a group who wants to get their hands on the engineer's latest invention. Three kids become witnesses to the kidnapping and decide to follow the kidnappers to an island and attempt to make a rescue. ...

Pippi Longstocking (1997)

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from ...

Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously (1996)

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes. But also play the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends. But everything changes when Kalle Blomkvists friend finds a dead man in a cabin and ...

Saltkråkan (1995)

Theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Saltkråkan recorded for television. ...

Karlsson på taket (Göta Lejon) (1994)

Theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Karlsson på taket filmed for television. ...

Madicken på Göta Lejon (1994)

Filmed theatre production of Astrid Lindgren's Madicken ...

Lotta Leaves Home (1993)

A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater. ...

Lotta on Rascal Street (1992)

Lotta is a five old girl living in Sweden with her mother, father, brother and sister. She is living the very normal life of all children of her age... ...

Nils Karlsson Pyssling (1990)

Based on the novel with the same name by Astrid Lindgren. Lonely little Bertil befriends the tiny Nils Karlsson-Däumling, who lives in a mouse hole under his bed and teaches him a magic spell to shrink down and share wondrous adventures in his secret worl ...

Something Alive for Poor Kal (1990)

Every Christmas Kal, a handicapped and bedbound boy, wants something "alive", but never gets it. But soon it's Christmas again and Lame-Kals landlord's cat is going to have kittens. The landlord's two daughters, Annastina and Lillstumpan, now intend to c ...

Pelle Moves to Komfusenbo (1990)

When you are four years old it is tough to be unfairly accused of stealing your father's favourite fountain pen. There is nothing else for Pelle but to leave home and go off by himself, all the way to Komfusenbo, way down at the bottom of the garden. ...

Peter and Petra (1989)

Based on a short story from Astrid Lindgren. Peter and Petra are two small children. Two very small children! No bigger than two small dolls! They belong to the Little People, but their mom and dad think that even the Little People need to learn to read an ...

Highest Jump (1989)

A family movie about Albin and Stig who are always competing against each other. ...

Goldi (1989)

Eva is a little girl who lives with her uncaring aunts and mean cousin Berit. Eva's mother is in the hospital and might not make it, and her aunts aren't making it easy for her. A story about how a little girl fights injustice in her own special way. ...

Brenda Brave (1989)

Brenda Brave gladly helps her grandmother to sell candy canes at the market square. But one day grandmother suffers from a sore leg. Brenda has to take care of the candy cane sales all by herself. ...

Very Dearest Sister (1988)

Barbro has a sister in secret, a twin sister named Ylva-Li. Ylva-Li lives under a rose bush, but not any rose bush. It is Salikos roses. When Barbro feels lonely and like her family doesn't care about her she can disappear into the hole under the roses. T ...

Goodnight Mr. Vagabond (1988)

The three children in this story are left at home alone one evening when their parents have to attend a funeral. They are warned to not let any strangers into the house but they forget to put the latch on the door and a rather scary vagabond turn up and le ...

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haun ...

Karlsson-on-the-Roof (1988)

Karlsson is a very short, portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hidden behind a chimney on the roof of a very ordinary apartment building on a very ordinary street in Stockholm. When Karlsson pushes a button on his stomach, it starts a cl ...

No Robbers in the Woods (1988)

A short movie based on a script written by children's author Astrid Lindgren. ...

More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)

There are only a handful of children living in Bullarby. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes. ...

Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato. ...

The Children of Noisy Village (1986)

The story of the children who live in Bullerbyn, Sweden, through the spring and summer months. ...

Emil's Mischiefs (1985)

Young Emil lives with his parents and younger sister on a small farm. Emil's kindness and energy make him interfere with everything around him, but the results are usually not what he intended. ...

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playi ...

Pippi Longstocking (1984)

Peppi-the-Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika... ...

Mio min Mio (1984)

Rasmus and the Vagabond (1981)

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place. ...

Madicken of June Hill (1980)

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden. ...

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken (1979)

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things. ...

Rasmus and the Tramp (1979)

The film takes place in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Rasmus is a boy who lives in a shelter. Unwilling to stay in the orphanage, he escapes and joins a tramp nicknamed Oscar Tumbleweed. ...

The Brothers Lionheart (1977)

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he's building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mounta ...

Adventures of Kalle the Detective (1976)

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes and also plays the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends ...

Karlsson on the Roof (1974)

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof. ...

Emil and the Piglet (1973)

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life. ...

New Mischief by Emil (1972)

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten b ...

Emil of Lonneberga (1971)

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. A ...

Karlsson-on-the-Roof (1971)

The mischievous Carlson and the gullible Kid are the heroes of a well-known fairy tale. Carlson loves to play pranks very much, and for all the consequences of pranks he has a "proprietary" excuse: "It's nothing, it's an everyday thing!". ...

Pippi on the Run (1970)

Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek. ...

Karlson Returns (1970)

The Kid didn't have to miss Carlson for long - one day he landed in his room again. This means that there will be new adventures and pranks! With Carlson's help, the harsh and bossy Freken Bock will be re-educated and become very kind. And then the friends ...

Pippi in the South Seas (1970)

Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates. ...

Pippi Goes on Board (1969)

Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a pirate king in the Southern Seas. She befriends her next door neighbors, siblings Tommy and Annika, who are swept into Pippi's wild adventures. ...

Pippi Longstocking (1969)

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series. This was followed by Pip ...

Pippi's Christmas (1969)

Pippi prepares for Christmas. She bakes a huge number of gingerbread biscuits. In the big tree outside her house she has hung lots of Christmas presents. At Christmas Eve she sits at her window, looking out in the darkness at all the presents hanging in th ...

Life on Seacrow Island (1968)

A writer spends the summer holidays with his children on an island. The family grows together through friendships with humans and animals and through adventures. ...

Junior and Karlson (1968)

A Soviet cult cartoon, so untypical for a Western viewer, especially, a little one. A boy named Malysh ("A Little One") suffers from solitude being the youngest of the three children in a Swedish family. The acute sense of solitude makes him desperately wa ...

Skrallan, Ruskprick and Gurnard (1967)

The children of Seacrow Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital. When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. 4-year-old Skrallan is the first to discover tha ...

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr (1966)

The White Rose (Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders) and the Red Rose (Sixten, Benka and Jonte) gangs are battling for a magical stone. The rest of the time Kalle is bored. That is why Kalle and his friends play pranks on Kalles aunts Hilda and Hulda. While Hulda ...

Tjorven and Mysak (1966)

Tjorven and the other children at Seacrow island have received a play day in a gift. Uncle Melker will find himself ending up in the lake several times. The kids also have found an old ship that will be named Albertina. They divide themselves into two pira ...

Tjorven and Skrallan (1965)

The residents of Seacrow island get new problems when Malin and Peter get their first child - Skrållan. ...

Tjorven, Batsman, and Moses (1964)

Vesterman has found a young seal in his fishing nets in the outskirts of the archipelago. When he comes back to the Saltkråkan island he gives the seal to Tjorven, who names it Moses. Peter Malm, a visitor who works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala, ...

Only Fun in Bullerby Village (1961)

The Children of Bullerbyn Village (1960)

Bullerbyn is a small village in Småland in the late 1920s. There are three farms there. Lisa lives in the middle farm with her brothers Lasse and Bosse. The sisters Britta and Anna live on the Norrgården farm, and Olle lives on the Sörgården farm. And ...

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously (1957)

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead. ...

Rasmus, Pontus and Toker (1956)

Ten-year-old Rasmus, his friend Pontus and his dog Toker, find out about a silver theft in the small town where they live. Family film from Astrid Lindgren's radio series. ...

Rasmus and the Vagabond (1955)

Rasmus escapes from the orphanage to find parents for himself. He teams up with a hobo and together they experience a series of adventures while looking for a home for Rasmus . ...

The Master Detective and Rasmus (1953)

Kalle Blomkvist and his friends intervene when a professor and his little son Rasmus are kidnapped. ...

Pippi Longstocking (1949)

In a small town lies Villa Villerkulla, and in that villa a small girl, Pippi Longstocking, has moved in with her horse and monkey. ...

Master Detective Blomkvist (1947)

It's summer. Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders have formed a gang, the White Rose. They are in playful battle with Red Rose gang. A relative of Eva-Lotta's mother, Uncle Einar, come to visit and Kalle notice immediately that he is behaving strangely. Einar seems ...

Året var 1969 (2019)

In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. Pippi Longstocking rides into the television sets and the writers demonstrate for more compensation. There is also a space race - where both the Soviet Union ...

Astrid (2014)

This a documentary in three parts by Astrid Lindgren. Whose stories and characters have traveled across all borders. The documentary shows previously unpublished material from diaries, correspondence and films. ...

That Boy Emil (2013)

'E-e-emil!' shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed. Except that Emil doesn't see this as punishment – on the contrary: he locks the door from inside so that he can con ...

Astrid Lindgrens Småland (1990)

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New Mischief by Emil (1972)

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten b ...

Emil of Lonneberga (1971)

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. A ...

Morianna (1965)

The family of an old, loathed millionaire named Verner Vade are sick of his dictatorship, and are just waiting for him to fall over and die. When he is attacked one night and disappears, a nosey cops start to investigate. A few days later Verner comes home ...

Sceningång (1956)

A day in the life of a theater ensemble. The acting students are struggling to get one foot ahead of the others and the regular cast is fighting for the good parts. ...