The red-haired fictional character Pippi Longstocking, a strangely dressed girl living alone with her horse and ape, having great wealth and enormous physical strength, is introduced to the world in 1945 by Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), an influential Swedish writer of children's stories.

An incarnation of every child's dream of freedom and power, Pippi stands totally apart from the conformist demands of everyday life.

Pippi Långstrump (”Pippi Longstocking”), is the first of three books with Pippi as its main character.