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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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, see also Jiri | |
| Joen |
| robber, the name could be taken
form 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 |
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| 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' |
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| 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 |
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| 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' |
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| 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 |
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| Majken | Britt-Mari's sister | ||
| Malin |
| Pelle's sister | |
| Margareta |
| Madicken's real name | |
| Mattis |
| Ronja's father | |
| Mattis |
| Mia's sister | |
| Mattias |
| Skorpan's grandfather | |
| 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 Karl sson 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:
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| Pontus |
| Rasmus's friend | |
| Rackarn |
| Ronja's horse, fantasy name, Swedish rackare = 'rascal' |
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| Rasmus | main character | ||
| Rasmus | Kalle's friend | ||
| Ronja |
| main character |
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| 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 skallig = 'bold', skalle = 'skull, head' |
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| Skorpan |
| main character, fantasy name,
Swedish skorpa = 'rusk' |
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| Skrållan |
| Malin's daughter, fantasy name: Swedish skråla = 'bawl, bellow, roar' |
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| Sned-Skalle |
| robber, Swedish sned = 'skew', skalle = 'skull, head' |
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| Sofia |
| Skorpan's and Jonatan's friend | |
| Stina |
| Pelle's friend | |
| Sturkas |
| robber, fantasy name, dialectal Swedish sturk = 'impudent, proud' |
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| 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 |
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| Tjorm |
| robber, fantasy name |
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| 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 |
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| Undis |
| Birk's mother | |
| Viktor | Kalle's father | ||
| Vildtoringen |
| Birk's horse, fantasy name, Swedish vildtoring = 'romp,hoyden' |
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| Åke |
| Malin's friend |
Fooloks
Mireille
