Astrid Lindgren Ngomlingiswa wakhe njengoPippi Longstocking, mhlawumbe ungomunye wababhali abaziwa kakhulu abathathe abafundi emhlabeni wonke.
Iqiniso ngukuthi iSweden ikhiqize ngaphezulu kwesabelo sayo esifanele sababhali abadumile emhlabeni jikelele eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-100, izincwadi zaseSweden zaziphethwe nguSelma Lagerlöf (20-1858) no-August Strindberg (1940-1849), futhi ithonya labo lisazwakala nanamuhla.
IStrindberg's The Red Room (Roda rummet), 1879, kanye neLagerlöf's Gösta Berling saga (Gösta Berlings Saga) kusuka ngonyaka ka-1891, kubhekwa njengamanoveli okuqala eSweden.
IPippi Longstocking nohlu olude lwezinye izinhlamvu ezingalibaleki zenze uLindgren waba ngomunye wababhali bezingane abathandekayo, abathandekayo emhlabeni. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule noma kunjalo, ukuthunyelwa kwezincwadi eSweden okuhamba phambili kuye kwaba sohlotsheni lobugebengu, kanti uWallander Henning Mankell ochungechungeni lweLarsson Millennium noTrilogy bathole isimo esidayisa kakhulu emhlabeni.
Zombili ziye zajatshulelwa ngababukeli bethelevishini nabamafilimu, kuzinguqulo ezidumile zaseSweden nezolimi lwesiNgisi.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kweSweden nezincwadi ezisezingeni ligcinwa lusha yiNobel Prize for Literature, ekhishwa yiSweden Academy. Umklomelo, onikezwa unyaka nonyaka eStockholm yiNkosi uCarlos XVI Gustavo, yiwona ohlonishwa kakhulu ezincwadini.