Pippi Longstocking was a TV series based on 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...

's Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...

 children's books. The show ran for thirteen episodes, the pilot being broadcast 8 February 1969 on the then Swedish monopoly

Monopoly

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 state channel SVT

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

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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.