Astrid Lindgren Trivia

1. Who is Ronia's father?

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Matt

Matt is the Chieftain in Matt's Fort and is Ronia's father. Borka is Birk's father, Noddle-Pete and Little Snip are both robbers in Matt's Fort.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Karl

Jonathan always calls his brother 'Rusky' because he says that "he loves rusks, especially little ones like Karl".

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: in two braids

Pippi's hair is described in the book as being the same colour as a carrot and braided into two tight braids sticking straight out. She also has a nose like a very small potato and a wide mouth.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Lovis

Lovis is Ronia's mother - and is the real strength and wisdom in the fort. Undis is Birk's mother, Astrid is the first name of the author and Pippi is the first name of another of Lindgren's characters - Pippi Longstocking.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: In a fall from a window

Jonathan takes Rusky on his back and jumps from the window to escape the house fire. Jonathan saves his brother but then dies from injuries sustained in the fall.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Junibacken

The house is called Junibacken after the home of Madicken from the book by same the same name (in English known as "Mardie's Adventures" or "Miscievous Meg", depending on the country). She is also its logotype, trying to fly with the help of an umbrella.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Hell's Gap

The chasm is known as Hell's Gap. Matt warns Ronia, "Watch out you don't tumble into Hell's Gap," which she practices by leaping back and forth over it. It is at this point that she first meets Birk.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Fyalar

Grim is Jonathan's horse. Rusky was always afraid of horses before, but once he gets to Nangiyala he isn't afraid any more, and finds he can ride as though he's been doing it for years.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Find the right path

Before sending Ronia out into the forest for the first time, Matt gives his daughter several pieces of advice: Watch out for Wild Harpies, Gray Dwarves and Borka Robbers. When she asks how she will know which is which, she is told she'll find out.. .Then he tells her to watch out not to get lost in the forest. When she asks what she should do if she does, he replies, "Find the right path." Next, he tells her to watch out she doesn't fall into the river - if she does, she should swim. Lastly, he warns her to watch out she doesn't fall into Hell's Gap - if she does, she won't be doing anything else.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Jossi

"The Golden Cockerel" is the tavern and Jossi is the landlord. Most people call him by the name of his tavern.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Brothers Lionheart

In the beginning of the book "Brothers Lionheart", the narrator and his brother both die and go to the country of Nangiyala. This place first seems like heaven, but it later turns out that there is evil in this new world as well, and the brothers have to fight it. By the end of the novel, the two of them die again, supposedly moving on to the country of Nangilima.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Villain and Savage

One horse tries to bite Ronia's fingers when she first approaches. Birk asks, "Do you mean that villain snapped at you when you were giving him bread?" Ronia decides Villain is a good name for her horse and Birks asks her to name his horse for him in exchange. She says, "He's just as crazy - you can call him Savage."

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Behind the sideboard

Rusky finds Jonathan hiding in the secret chamber when 'blind chance' and a white pigeon lead him to Mathias's house and he is saved from the guards.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: 2002

Astrid Lindgren died in 2002. She was 94 years old, and yet her death caused grief in many parts of Sweden.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: A white pigeon

Bianca is a white pigeon who carries messages for the Resistance. She belongs to Sofia.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Children of Noisy Village

The other books have been filmed as well. Both "Seacrow Island" and "Pippi Longstocking" have been filmed by Olle Hellbom, who was Sweden's most prolific director of Astrid Lindgren stories. (Pippi has also been filmed in English several times.) "Ronia the Robber's Daughter" was filmed by Tage Danielsson.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: The Wolf Song

Ronia tries, without much success, to sing The Wolf Song the first night that she and Birk stay in the Bear's Cave, but it makes her too sad when she can't sing it like her mother does and she never sings it again.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: The tattoo on Jossi's chest

Jossi has the Mark of Katla branded on his chest. Rusky sees it and tells the others who force Jossi to open his shirt, thus proving his treachery.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Greedy Falls

When Ronia and Birk are swimming, they always know it's starting to get dangerous when they see the large rock, called Greedy Hump, sticking out in the middle of the river. They then swim for shore in order to reach safety before going over Greedy Falls.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Orvar

Orvar is the leader of the resistance in Cherry Tree Valley, and Jonathan must save him before he is sacrificed to Katla. Jonathan and Karl save Orvar from Katla's Cavern in the nick of time.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: They sit under the table.

In order to get rid of their little sister and play alone, Jonas and Mia-Maria tell Lotta that pirates sit under the table saying "more food, more food" until Christmas.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: The location of a silver mine

Noddle-Pete once saved the life of a young Gray Dwarf who was so grateful that he showed Noddle-Pete a hidden silver mine. Noddle-Pete never divulged the information to anyone but Ronia, and she, in turn, told only Birk, so that they could make their fortune when they became adults and not become robbers like their fathers.

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: A jump off a cliff

Katla and Karm fight to the death and distract each other which lets Jonathan and Rusky get away, but a lick of Katla's Fire catches Jonathan and the horses and paralyses them shortly afterwards. Karl takes Jonathan on his back and jumps off the cliff so they can be together in Nangilima.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: There was already a famous character called Emil in a German children's book.

Erich Kaestner wrote the children's mystery novel "Emil und die Detektiven" ("Emil and the Detectives") in 1928 - long before Astrid Lindgren started writing books.

From Quiz 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter' by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Spring Yell

When Spring arrives, Ronia feels it building up inside her so that she has to scream aloud. She warns Birk not to be afraid - it's just her Spring Yell!

From Quiz "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren

Answer: I can see the light

"I can see the light" is the last line of the book.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: He jumped from a window.

When the brothers' home was on fire, Jonathan jumped out of a window with his little brother Rusky on his back, and the fall killed him. He was completely calm at the time of death, and his last words were, "Don't cry, Rusky. We'll meet in Nangiyala." Which they did - Rusky died (presumably of tuberculosis) soon after his brother's death.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Son

The person speaking is Mio's father, who has finally found him after nine long years. The Italian word "mio" means "mine", which makes "own" a reasonable assumption as well. And Mio's father doubtlessly loves him a lot. The book has also been published under the title "Mio my Mio".

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: one

In 1944, Astrid Lindgren wrote the book "Confidences of Britt-Mari" ("Britt-Mari lattar sitt hjarta"), which was a girl's book of the kind common in those days. Because Pippi was rejected at first and had to be rewritten, this book was published first. She wrote a few more books in the same style as the one of Britt-Mari, but they were never as popular as her other books.

From Quiz The Life and Works of Astrid Lindgren

Answer: Bill Bergson

Bill Bergson is a member of the White Rose gang, three kids who spend their time playing with or fighting the Red Rose gang. He is also a great admirer of fictional detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey, but finds that crime is quite different in real life. The three books about him are called "Bill Bergson, Master Detective", "Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously" and "Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue". In Swedish, Bill Bergson is called Kalle Blomqvist.

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