Karlsson-on-the-Roof
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Image:Karlsson-on-the-roof.gif Image:USSR Karlsson badge.png Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by author Astrid Lindgren. Karlsson is a very short, very portly and confident man who lives on the roof of a very ordinary house, on a very ordinary street in Stockholm. When Karlsson turns a button in the middle of his navel, it starts a clever little motor with a propeller on his back allowing him to fly. Karlsson is best at everything, at least according to himself. But there is, in fact, one thing which he excels at: being a playmate of a young boy named Lillebror (little brother), who lives in this house with his family.
Books by Astrid Lindgren featuring Karlsson-on-the-Roof:
- 1955 Karlsson-on-the-Roof
- 1962 Karlsson Flies Again
- 1968 Karlsson-on-the-Roof is Sneaking Around Again
There have been several film versions of this series. A live-action version was released in Sweden, followed by a more recent animated film released in 2002. Soviet animated films, created by the award-winning animation studio Soyuzmultfilm in 1970, are two of the most celebrated and loved cartoons in Russia and other former USSR countries.
See also
de:Karlsson vom Dach nn:Karlson på taket ru:Карлсон sv:Karlsson på taket