Madicken is a fictional character created by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 author Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...

 (1907 – 2002). Madicken appeared in six books, two movies, - Du är inte klok, Madicken (1979) (eng. You're out of your mind, Madicken) and Madicken på Junibacken (1980) (Madicken at June Hill) - and a TV Series (1979).

Du är inte klok Madicken is about a 7 year old girl from Sweden, during World War I. The follow-up movie Madicken på Junibacken from 1980 is edited from various episodes of the TV production "Madicken" which screened in 1980. However, the events of the first film are set after the second film.

Her full name is Margareta Engström, but the only time anyone uses it is when admonishing her. Her mother is a housewife - they have a maid who does the work around the house - and her father is the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper.

The actress, Jonna Liljendahl (born 6 November 1970, Stockholm, Sweden), featured in the TV episodes as well as the subsequent movies.

The scenes when they're in a city is filmed in Söderköping and the house "Junibacken" is Järsta Gård not so far from Uppsala.

The movies have been released with Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and German dialogue.

Alternative titles

Madieke (The Netherlands), Du är inte klok, Madicken: Gi Deg Da, Marikken (Norway

Norway

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), Madita (Germany

Germany

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), You're out of your mind, Maggie (International English), Hassut seikkailut (Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

), Madita y LisabetMadicken (Spain

Spain

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), Madicken på Junibacken: Marikken På Junibakken (Norway), Madita und Pims (Germany), Meg of June Hill, Madlike (Estonia)