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FURUSUND 1959-07-07. Swedish author Astrid Lindgren outside her summer house in Furusund 1959.. Astrid Lindgrens stories about characters such as Pippi Longstocking, Emil, Kalle Blomquist, The Brothers Lionheart, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, Ronia the Robber's Daughter and the Bullerby children are loved and read by children all over the world. She was born on the farm Nas outside Vimmerby November 14, 1907 and would have turned 100 years old this year. Astrid passed away in 2002.. Photo Stig A Nilsson / SCANPIX code 43