One 12-year-old student suggested that the workshop write about Pippi Longstocking, a personal favourite. Everything is like in the original but we’ve made it our own,” Di Fransesco told P4 Väst. READ ALSO: Police report filed after Swedish daycare listens to Pippi Longstocking storiesBut simply rewriting the biggest Swedish literary success in history isn’t that simple. Lindgren’s estate initially rejected the request to reimagine Pippi Longstocking as a Roma in Rinkeby. ‘Pippi in Rinkeby’ will debut as a radio series on Sveriges Radio on October 29th.

Source: The Local September 28, 2018 16:41 UTC