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Pippi Longstocking - The TV Series (1969) DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Olle Hellbom |
| Starring | Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg |
| Country of origin | Sweden United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Running time | ca 27 mins |
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| Original channel | SVT |
| Original airing | 2006 |
Pippi Longstocking (Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) was a TV series based on Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking children's books. The show ran for thirteen episodes, the pilot being broadcast 8 February 1969 on the then Swedish monopoly state channel SVT.[1]
The series' theme song, "Here Comes Pippi Longstocking" ("Här Kommer Pippi Långstrump") was composed by Jan Johansson (in one of his last works, before his untimely passing a year before the series aired), with lyrics by Astrid Lindgren. The song was sung by series star Inger Nilsson.[2]
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The Swedish series was re-edited as two dubbed feature films for distribution in the United States. They became weekend television staples in several cities in America throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The first six episodes of the original series, newly dubbed using British actors, became available on DVD in 2002.
The Swedish town where the show is set is Visby[3] in Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic Sea and the location of Villa Villekulla.
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