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This is the story of a girl who lives on a farm with her parents and a brother who loves to play tricks.
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From childhood, she developed a love for books and reading,
when her mother told stories, fairy tales and many jokes.
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She loved to dream and invent her own stories. In elementary school,
she was nicknamed “Wimmerbün Selma Lagerlöf” for this.
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After school, at the age of 16, Astrid Lindgren started working in the local newspaper Wimmerby Tidningen.
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She became good friends with married colleague Reinold Bloomberg.
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And soon their friendship grew into love.
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After some time, she became pregnant, not being married, and was forced to leave.
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Astrid Lindgren gave birth to a son, Lars, but the financial situation did not allow her to raise her son alone.
She had to give it to foster family in Denmark.
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She was very worried about the years of separation and visited when she could.
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She sent letters, parcels and gifts for her son, and also very made good friends with the woman who raised him.
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Only 3 years later, Astrid Lindgren was able to take Lars home. In 1978, at the German Booksellers Prize,
Astrid Lindgren gave a speech that later changed Sweden's child protection law.
