''Pippi Longstocking'' (orig. ''Pippi Långstrump'') is a 1949 Swedish film directed by

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and starring

Viveca Serlachius Viveca Elisabeth Marianne Serlachius Olsson (2 March 1923 – 9 January 1993) was a Finnish-born Swedish actress, best known as the first actress to play Pippi Longstocking on film, ''Pippi Longstocking'' in 1949, when she was aged 26 portraying ...

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story wh ...

. It is based on the famous children's novel of the same name by

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

Cast

Pippi Långstrump
Svenska Filminstitutet (The Swedish Film Database), Retrieved 11 June 2016 * Tord Garnmark as Tommy * Berit Essler as Annika *

Benkt-Åke Benktsson Benkt-Åke Benktsson (6 January 1907 – 8 January 1957) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Halmstad, Sweden and died in Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is ...

as Efraim Långstrump *

Svend Asmussen Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and S ...

as Postman *

Julia Cæsar Julia Maria Vilhelmina Cæsar (28 January 1885 – 18 July 1971) was a Swedish actress. Her acting career spanned from 1905 until 1968, during which time she appeared in a large number of revues, plays, and films. Early life Cæsar was bor ...

as School teacher * Doreen Denning as Birgit *

Sigge Fürst Karl Sigurd Tore "Sigge" Fürst (3 November 1905 – 11 June 1984) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 130 films. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died there of lung cancer in 1984. As well as appearing in films, Fürst ma ...

as Valle Dunder-Karlsson *

Emy Hagman Emy Hagman (9 June 1906 – 30 January 1976) was Swedish film actress and stage actress. Larsson & Marklund p.198 She appeared mainly in comedies, often with rural settings although she was herself a native of the city of Gothenburg. She was marr ...

as Mrs. Settergren *

Stig Järrel Stig Järrel (8February 19101July 1998) was a Swedish actor, film director and revue artist. Järrel was one of the most popular actors in Sweden during his career, and also one of the most productive, participating in a total of 131 films. He a ...

as Record Dealer * Arne Källerud as Policeman Larsson *

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (24 February 1921 – 16 January 1992) was a Swedish comedian and actor. History He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him. His father was a Social Democratic politician and ...

as Piano salesman *

Gustaf Lövås Gustaf Lövås (born Karl Gustaf Andersson; 28 December 1894 – 10 November 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.87 Many of his later screen appearances were in the long-running '' Åsa-Nisse'' series in which he played the recur ...

as Policeman Karlsson *

Mona Mårtenson Monica Ingeborg Elisabeth "Mona" Mårtenson (4 May 1902 – 8 July 1956) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 28 films between 1923 and 1949. She was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. Early career Mona grew up in Helsingborg and ...

as Pia *

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as Ville Blom

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* * 1949 films 1949 comedy films 1940s Swedish-language films Films set in Sweden Films based on Pippi Longstocking 1949 in Sweden Swedish comedy films Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub