I-Astrid Lindgren Ngomlingiswa wakhe njengoPippi Longstocking, mhlawumbi ungomnye wababhali abaziwayo abaye bathimba abafundi kwihlabathi liphela.
Inyani yile yokuba iSweden ivelise ngaphezulu kwesabelo sayo esifanelekileyo sababhali abadumileyo kwilizwe liphela kule minyaka ili-100 idlulileyo. Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, uncwadi lwaseSweden lwalulawulwa nguSelma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) noAugust Strindberg (1849-1912), kwaye nefuthe labo lisabonakala nanamhlanje.
I-Strindberg Igumbi eliBomvu (iRoda rummet), ngo-1879, kunye ne-Lagerlöf's Gösta Berling saga (Gösta Berlings Saga) ukusuka ngo-1891, zithathwa njengeenoveli zokuqala zaseSweden.
IPippi Longstocking kunye noluhlu olude lwabanye abalinganiswa abangalibalekiyo zenze ukuba uLindgren abe ngomnye wababhali ababalaseleyo babantwana emhlabeni. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ezona zinto zithunyelwa ngaphandle eSweden bezikwintlobo yolwaphulo-mthetho, noWallander Henning Mankell kuthotho lweLarsson Millennium kunye neTrilogy ifumana iwonga elithengisa kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela.
Zombini ziye zonwatyelwa ngabaphulaphuli bakamabonwakude nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya, kulwimi oludumileyo lwesiSweden nolwesiNgesi.
Umanyano phakathi kweSweden kunye noncwadi olusemgangathweni lugcinwa lutsha ngeNobel Prize yoNcwadi, enikezelwa yiSweden Academy. Ibhaso, elinikezelwa minyaka le e-Stockholm ngu-King Carlos XVI Gustavo, lelona libalulekileyo kuncwadi.