Astrid Lindgren Characters
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A B E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Å
| Name | Book | Description | Translations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbe | Madicken's friend | ||
| Alfred | farmhand | ||
| Alma | Emil's and Ida's mother | ||
| Alva | maid | ||
| Anders | Kalle's friend | ||
| Anna |
|
Lisa's friend, Britta's sister | |
| Annika | Pippi's friend, Tommy's sister | ||
| Anton | Emil's and Ida's father | ||
| Barbro |
|
main character | |
| Benka | Kalle's friend | ||
| Benke | Bosse's friend | ||
| Bertil |
|
main character | |
| Bettan |
|
Lillebror's sister | |
| Bianca |
|
Sofia's dove | |
| Birk |
|
Ronja's friend | |
| Borka |
|
Birk's father, fantasy name | |
| Bosse |
|
Lillebror's brother | |
| Bosse |
|
Malin's friend | |
| Bosse (Bo) |
|
Lisa's brother | |
| Bosse (Bo Vilhelm) |
real name of Mio | ||
| Britta |
|
Lisa's friend, Anna's sister | |
| Britt-Mari | main character | ||
| Båtsman |
|
Tjorven's dog, Swedish båtsman = 'boatswain' | |
| Tant Edla | Bosse's foster mother, Swedish tant = 'aunt, lady' | ||
| Efraim | Pippi's father | ||
| Einar |
|
Kalle's uncle | |
| Elisabet |
|
real name of Lisabet | |
| Emil | main character |
| |
| Eva-Lotta | Kalle's friend | ||
| Fille (Filip ) |
|
burglar | |
| Fjosok |
|
robber, fantasy name, it reminds of Swedish fjoskig = 'silly, foolish', but is probably taken from the name of a lake in Lapland Fjosoken |
|
| Freddy |
|
Tjorven's sister (real name: Fredrika Grankvist) | |
| Fredrik med foten | drunkard, Swedish med foten = 'with the foot' | ||
| Fredrika |
|
Freddy's real name | |
| Gosan |
|
cat, fantasy name, Swedish gosa = 'to snuggle, cuddle' | |
| Griseknoen | Emil's pig, Swedish gris = 'pig', Swedish knoge = 'knuckle' | ||
| Gunilla |
|
Lillebror's friend | |
| Halta Lotta | Emil's hen, Swedish halt = 'lame, limping' | ||
| Fröken Hildur Bock |
|
housekeeper, Swedish fröken = 'miss' | |
| Hoppiland-Kalle |
|
Stina's raven, Swedish hoppa = 'to jump, to bounce',
Swedish i land = 'ashore' |
|
| Hubert |
|
hunter | |
| Ida | Emil's little sister | ||
| Jerker | Britt-Mari's brother | ||
| Jiri | Mio's friend, fantasy name | ||
| Joen |
|
robber, the name could be taken from the name of a lake in Lapland Joesjö |
|
| Johan |
|
Pelle's brother | |
| Jonas |
|
Lotta's brother | |
| Jonas |
|
Madicken's father | |
| Jonatan |
|
Skorpan's brother | |
| Jonte | Kalle's friend | ||
| Jossi |
|
traitor | |
| Farbror Julius Jansson |
|
Lillebror's uncle, Swedish farbror = 'uncle, father's brother' | |
| Jum-Jum | Mio's friend, the king's gardener, fantasy name | ||
| Jutis |
|
robber, fantasy name, probably taken form the name of a lake in Lapland Jutis |
|
| Kajsa Kavat |
|
main character, Swedish kavat = 'plucky' | |
| Kajsa | Britt-Mari's penpal in Stockholm | ||
| Kajsa |
|
Madicken's mother | |
| Kalle | main character | ||
| Karin Maria Eleonora Josefina |
|
Tjorven's real name | |
| Karl |
|
real name of Skorpan | |
| Karl |
|
Malin's friend | |
| Karlsson |
|
A little man living on the roof. He has got a little propeller on his back allowing him to fly | |
| Kati |
|
main character | |
| Katla |
|
evil dragon | |
| Kato | evil knight | ||
| Kerstin |
|
Barbro's sister | |
| Kerstin |
|
Olle's little sister | |
| Knotas |
|
robber, fantasy name, Swedish knotig = 'knotty' |
|
| Krister |
|
Lillebror's friend | |
| Krister |
|
Malin's friend | |
| Krösa-Maja | old woman, Krösa is a gårdsnamn (= farm name) | ||
| Labbas |
|
robber, fantasy name, it reminds of Swedish labb = 'large hand (slang)', but it is probably taken from the name of a lake in Lapland Labbas |
|
| Lasse (Lars ) |
|
Lisa's brother | |
| Lennart |
|
Malin's friend | |
| Lillebror |
|
main character, Lillebror is a pet name, his real name is Svante Svanteson | |
| Lill -Klippen |
|
robber, Swedish klippa = 'to snip, to cut' |
|
| Lina | maid | ||
| Linus -Ida |
|
laundress, Linus is not a first name here but a kind of surname | |
| Lisa |
|
main character | |
| Lisabet |
|
Madicken's sister, her real name is Elisabet | |
| Lotta |
|
main character | |
| Lovis |
|
Ronja's mother | |
| Lukas | Emil's horse | ||
| Madicken |
|
main character, her real name is Margareta Engström |
|
| Majken | Britt-Mari's sister | ||
| Malin |
|
Pelle's sister | |
| Margareta |
|
Madicken's real name | |
| Mattias |
|
Skorpan's grandfather | |
| Mattis |
|
Ronja's father | |
| Mattis |
|
Mia's sister | |
| Melker |
|
Pelle's father | |
| Mia |
|
a girl in Madicken's class | |
| Mia | Eva-Lotta's mother | ||
| Mia-Maria |
|
Lotta's sister | |
| Milimani | daughter of an old weaver, kidnapped by Kato, fantasy name | ||
| Mio | main character, fantasy name, his real name is Bo Vilhelm Olsson (Bosse) | ||
| Miramis | Mio's horse | ||
| Monika | Britt-Mari's sister | ||
| Märta |
|
Tjorven's mother | |
| Niklas |
|
Pelle's brother | |
| Nils Karlsson Pyssling |
|
Swedish pyssling = 'very small person, not bigger than an apple' | |
| Nisse |
|
Tjorven's father | |
| Nonno | herdboy | ||
| Olle |
|
Lisa's friend, Kerstin's brother | |
| Orvar |
|
Skorpan's and Jonatan's friend | |
| Paradis-Oskar | vagabond, Rasmus's friend, Swedish paradis = 'paradise' | ||
| Pelje |
|
robber, fantasy name, probably
taken form the name of a mountain in Lapland Peljekaise |
|
| Pelle |
|
main character | |
| Per Olof |
|
Malin's friend | |
| Pippi (Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump) |
main character, fantasy name:
|
| |
| Pontus | Rasmus's friend | ||
| Rackarn |
|
Ronja's horse, fantasy name, Swedish rackare = 'rascal' |
|
| Rasmus | main character | ||
| Rasmus | Kalle's friend | ||
| Ronja |
|
main character |
|
| Rulle (Rudolf ) |
|
burglar | |
| Sasso |
|
dog, Sasso is a Low German variant form of Sachso, an Old High German name related to Saxe | |
| Sigrid |
|
Skorpan's and Jonatan's mother | |
| Sixten | Kalle's friend | ||
| Farbror Sixten | Bosse's foster father, Swedish farbror = 'uncle, father's brother, man' | ||
| Skalle-Per |
|
robber, Swedish skalle = 'bald head' |
|
| Skorpan |
|
main character, fantasy name,
Swedish skorpa = 'rusk' |
|
| Skrållan |
|
Malin's daughter, fantasy name: Swedish skråla = 'bawl, bellow, roar' |
|
| Sned-Skalle |
|
robber, Swedish sned = 'skew', skalle = 'skull, head' |
|
| Sofia |
|
Skorpan's and Jonatan's friend | |
| Stina |
|
Pelle's friend | |
| Sturkas |
|
robber, fantasy name, dialectal Swedish sturk = 'impudent, proud' |
|
| Svante |
|
Lillebror's real name | |
| Svante | Britt-Mari's brother | ||
| Teddy |
|
Tjorven's sister, real name: Teodora Grankvist | |
| Tengil |
|
evil knight | |
| Teodora |
|
Teddy's real name | |
| Tjegge |
|
robber, fantasy name, it reminds of Swedish skäggig = 'bearded', but is probably taken from the name of a lake in Lapland Tjeggelvas |
|
| Tjorm |
|
robber, fantasy name |
|
| Tjorven |
|
Pelle's friend, fantasy name: Swedish tjorven = 'hotspur, higgledy-piggledy' real name:Karin Maria Eleonora Josefina Grankvist, | |
| Toker | Rasmus's dog (dachshund), fantasy name, Swedish toker = 'fool, idiot' | ||
| Tommy | Pippi's friend, Annika's brother | ||
| Turre |
|
robber, fantasy name |
|
| Undis |
|
Birk's mother | |
| Viktor | Kalle's father | ||
| Vildtoringen |
|
Birk's horse, fantasy name, Swedish vildtoring = 'romp,hoyden' |
|
| Åke |
|
Malin's friend |
Fooloks
Mireille
