You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.

In the parliamentary election later in the same year the Social Democrat government was voted out for the first time in 44 years and the Lindgren tax debate was one of several controversies that may have contributed to this result. As of December 2012 Astrid Lindgren is the world's 20th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. She had two sisters and a brother Gunnar Ericsson who eventually became a member of the Swedish parliament.

As of December 2012 Astrid Lindgren is the world's 20th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Ericsson) (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈastrɪd ˈlɪŋɡreːn] ([Image] listen)) 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter.