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© Astrid Lindgren / Ingrid Vang Nyman / Saltkrakan
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INGRID VANG NYMAN'S ILLUSTRATIONS to Astrid Lindgren's books have become an indispensable part of the Pippi Longstocking universe for many readers. Her humorous naivistic style, carefully stripped of all unnecessary elements and loyally depicting the world from a child's viewpoint, combines 20th century modernism with childhood nostalgia and timeless fun.
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© Astrid Lindgren /
Ingrid Vang Nyman / Saltkrakan AB
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Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl in the world, has bright red hair, odd stockings and lives all alone in a wacky house with her horse and a monkey called Mr. Nilsson. Pippi does things her own way: she sleeps with her feet on the pillow and her head under the covers, she bakes cookies on the floor, performs her own act at the circus, and takes on burglars single-handedly - fun, cheeky, strong and kind, she has become an icon for worldwide child-empowerment. For generations, children have identified themselves with Pippi's independent spirit.
Danish artist Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916-1959), living in Sweden in the 1940s, was the first artist to give Pippi Longstocking a visual appearance. Vang Nyman illustrated the three original Pippi Longstocking novels as well as picture books and a comic version originally published in the children's magazine Klumpe Dumpe 1957-59 and then released as a comic album in several countries throughout the world.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) wrote some of the world's most enduring children's books, and had her breakthrough with Pippi Longstocking, first published in 1945 and followed by Pippi goes aboard in 1946 and Pippi in the South Seas in 1948 as well as a number of picture book titles. She is one of Sweden's most beloved authors, as well as one of the most productive with more than 60 titles published, many of which have become films and TV series. There is something universal about Astrid Lindgren's stories, as her books are loved by children all over the world and have been translated into nearly eighty languages, from Arabic to Zulu - in Plus Licens territories, she is known by names like Pipi Dlouhá Puncocha, Fizia Ponczoszanka, Peppi Dlinniychulok and Lína Langsokkur.
Astrid Lindgren herself has described her character Pippi Longstocking as "a person with great power, but also of good will. /.../ Children are eternal underdogs, and their dreams are dreams of power. If I've had any purpose whatsoever with my Pippi character, besides entertaining my young readers, it would be this - to show them that you can have power without abusing it, for of all tricks in life this seems to be the most difficult."
Plus Licens represents Saltkråkan AB for Astrid Lindgren's literary works and for Ingrid Vang Nyman's illustrations to Astrid Lindgren's literary works in the following territories: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden (non-exclusive merchandising rights); Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Eire, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and Vatican City (exclusive merchandising rights); Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekhistan (exclusive merchandising and publishing rights).
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