Astrid Lindgren [SEP] place of birth
individuality."
Biography.
Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden, and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories and landscapes.
Lindgren was the daughter of Samuel August Ericsson (1875–1969) and Hanna Jonsson (1879–1961). She had two sisters, and , and a brother, , who eventually became a member of the Swedish parliament.
Upon finishing school, Lindgren took a job with a local newspaper in Vimmerby. She had a relationship with the
Lars, and when Blomberg divorced her, she had to give birth to her son in Copenhagen, where she did not have to disclose the father's name.
Her son spent his first years in a Danish foster family. At the Royal Automobile Club, Astrid met Sture Lindgren (Björn Gustafsson), who later came to be her husband.
Cast.
- Alba August as Astrid Lindgren
- Maria Fahl Vikander as Older Astrid
- Maria Bonnevie as Hanna Ericsson, Astrid's mother
- Magnus Krepper