Anyone know this book?

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It was given to me in the 1940s and was called 'Peter in Sweden'. It was a children's novel and was about a boy called Peter whose father was at sea and who was sent to stay with his relatives in Sweden - Tante Bertha and Kissemisse the cat ( who was 'lost and found' in onechapter) and two children: a boy older than him and a younger girl. it tells of the culture shock and the way Peter deals with being a"foreigner". I should love to reread it, but do not remember the author's name, so have no hope of looking it up,although I scour shelves in second hand bookshops in the hope of falling into it somehow.Have the feeling the author was female. Any help appreciated.

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Did AL write 'Pippi Longstocking' swedeheart? One of my daughters won a signed illustration from it in a competition when she was 11. ( Now comig up to 44)

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Did AL write 'Pippi Longstocking,swedeheart? One of my daughters won a signed illustration from it in a competition when she was 11 ( now coming up to 44!)

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Thanks all. Thoroughly enjoyed the chat. Good night.

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Yup she wrote the Pippi books. Was the illustration signed by Astrid or by the illustrator, the latter probably being Ingrid Vang Nyman? Either way, tell your daughter to hang on to it for dear life, Astrid Lindgren is so popular here it may one day become valuable.

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She has it hanging up on her landing because she likes it so I will give her the message, thank you. Will check who signed it next time I go to Southwater.