Scary Stories by Astrid Lindgren/Astrid Lindgrens kusliga sagor

Sweden’s most beloved children’s author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) is also considered to be one of the most important writers for children throughout the world. Her work has been translated into more than 100 languages, and shortly after her death the Swedish government inaugurated the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) to recognise outstanding international achievement in…

Ilon Wikland is a Swedish artist who has illustrated the largest number of Astrid Lindgren’s books. In 1944, Wiklund escaped the second Soviet occupation of Estonia with a classmate’s family and arrived in Sweden as a refugee. Almost a decade later, she met the author of Pippi Longstocking, who was about to publish Mio My…

Amanda Berglund is an illustrator and graphic designer, based in Malmö. She studied at Konstfack in Stockholm, where she graduated in 2017. She has worked for several international magazines and publishing houses such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. Her first book for children is Do You…

Hans Arnold (1925-2010) For more than fifty years, Hans Arnold was best known for his distinctive horror imagery, while also creating fairy-tale motifs and surrealist works. Hans Arnold was born in Sursee, Switzerland, in 1925. Raised in a strict Catholic environment, he grew up with vivid ideas of heaven and hell. His school years were…