Germany Postcard

Mühldorf

Mühldorf is a town in Bavaria, Germany and the capital of the district Mühldorf on the river Inn. It is located at 48°14′30″N, 12°31′30″E, and had a population of about 17,808 in 2005.

Germany Postcard

Post Marke ; 30.01.2008 Briefzentrum 84

08.11.2007 100th years Astrid Lindgren
Face Value ; 100 Euro Cent
Size ; 55 x 32,80

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren née Ericsson, November 14,1907 - January 28, 2002 was a Swedish children2s book author and screenwrite, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. She has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pipi Longstocking Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series.
Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near Vimmerby,Smaland and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories.Pipi Longstocking, her most famous character, however, was originally invented by her daughter Karin, who was, at the time, ill and bed-ridden.
Lindgren was the daughter of Samuel August Ericsson and Hanna Johnsson. She had two sisters. Her brother, Gunnar Ericsson, was a member of the Swedish parliament. Upon finishing school, Lindgren took a job with the a local newspaper in Vimmerby. When Astrid became pregnant with the chief editor's child in 1926, the editor proposed marriage. Astrid demurred, and moved to Stockholm, learning to become a typist and stenographer. In due time she gave birth to her son Lars in Copenhagen and left him in the care of a foster family.
Although poorly paid, she saved whatever she could and travelled as often as possible to Copenhagen to be with Lars; often just over a weekend, spending most of her time on the train back and forth. Eventually, she managed to bring Lars home, leaving him in the care of her parents until she could afford raising him in Stockholm. In 1931 she married her boss, Sture Lindgren (1898-1952). Three years later, in 1934, Lindgren gave birth to her second child, Karin, who later became a translator. The family moved in 1941 to an apartment on Dalagatan, with a view over Vasaparken, where Astrid lived until her death.
Astrid Lindgren died in 2002, at the age of 94. Following her death the government of Sweden instituted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in her memory. The award is the world's largest monetary award for children's and youth literature, in the amount of five million SEK.