''Självklart, Sune'' ( sv, Of course, Sune ) is a children's chapter book, written by

Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson Anders Jacobsson (born 1963) and Sören Olsson (born 1964) are two Sweden, Swedish-born cousins who are writers of children's literature and young adult fiction. They are best known for their books about Sune series, Sune and Bert diaries, Bert ...

and originally published in

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. It continues the story of the fictional schoolboy Sune Andersson. The tetanus needle stories told by the children in one of the chapters have been used within

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to describe children's fear of tetanus needles.

Book cover

The book cover depicts Sune pointing at an object dropped to the floor, while Håkan is behind Sune.

Plot

Sune now has a little sister, Isabelle. Sune thinks she is "cute" despite screaming worse than

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Håkan Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from ...

wants his parents to go back to the

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and replace her with a baby that does not cry so loud. Sune also holds his first

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, with "loud"

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, "cute" girls, dancing and playing

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. Sune's class at school becomes the first 2nd grade class go for a

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, and rumors spread of two needle-related deaths in the previous year, and other horrors. Joakim does not need a shot, because he got one last year when bitten by a dog. He tells stories about the needle being one meter long, and a

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being used. Sune tries to avoid the shot, forging a note from his mother saying her son does not need an injection. Finally, the nurse has to declare it is perfectly safe, and that it is more dangerous not to get a shot. Sune and Håkan also go to the

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. Sune feels so ashamed over his shorter hair that he tries to use adhesive tape to attach the hair again. At school, he does not end up being teased so much for his short hair as he feared. The Andersson family also attend an entertainment evening, which end up embarrassing for Rudolf as Håkan and Sune take him to the stage. Sune and Joakim have a secret

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with a

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picture in the groves of the Andersson family's garden, and they believe nobody knows about the tree house, but one day Rudolf plans to clear the groves. Sune and Joakim tell him not to destroy the trees, and when Rudolf wonders why, Anna declares that Sune and Joakim have a tree house there. With the secret revealed, Sune and Joakim think the tree house is no longer fun. They decide to give it away to Håkan, but first they will sleep there overnight as a goodbye ceremony. When Håkan becomes sad because of not being allowed to sleep in the tree house overnight, he hopes the

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s in the garden will eat them up; he says he has seen a total of 37 monsters. Joakim and Sune hear sounds in the woods, which they think could be a monster elk or one of the 37 monsters Håkan mentioned. Joakim tries to calm down Sune and says no monsters exist, at least not in

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and a town full of cars, and Sune believes they have been exterminated by getting hit by

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s. No monsters show up, instead comes Håkan. Håkan discovers the pin-up girl pictures. When Håkan asks why she is naked, Sune and Joakim reply it is from a doctor's journal, since when visiting the

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clothes are removed. But Håkan replies that if they do not let him into the game, he will reveal that Sune and Joakim have a pin-up girl picture. They let Håkan into the game, and Håkan plays a strong hero, while Sune and Joakim play stupid bad guys. Finally Anna shows up and tells them that it is too cold to sleep in the tree house overnight, and instead they go indoors, to sleep in beds. When the

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comes, many are sad because they will not see each other again after the break. Anna will leave the 6th grade for the 7th and will not meet her schoolteacher anymore. But when Sune, who will leave the 2nd grade for the 3rd, is about to sing ''

Idas sommarvisa "Idas sommarvisa" or "Du ska inte tro det blir sommar" is a song with a summertime theme. Astrid Lindgren wrote the lyrics and Georg Riedel composed the music. The song's three verses were performed by Lena Wisborg (as Ida) in the 1973 film '' ...

'' he cannot recall what blossoms (which is the

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s, in Swedish: "blommorna"), and forgetting the song lyrics, he sings "Jag gör så att koskiten blommar" ("I make the cowdung blossom"). Everyone who has been sad becomes glad again.

Audiobook

Audio recordings were released to cassette tape in 1989 Änglatroll entitled "Sunes första party". och "Sunes självklarheter".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjalvklart, Sune 1986 children's books 1986 Swedish novels Sequel novels Sune books