Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) was #BornOnThisDay
Her #PippiLongstocking books have been translated into more than 100 languages since the 1940s!
Four feature films starring #IngerNilsson as Pippi — two of which were re-edited from a 1969 #Swedish TV series — were ubiquitous on American TV in the 1970s and '80s.

