About Astrid Lindgren’s World
At Astrid Lindgren’s World you will find the real Katthult, Villa Villekulla, Mattis Castle and Troublemaker Street. Here you can meet Emil, Pippi, Ronja and most of the other characters from Astrid Lindgren’s stories. The theme park, founded in 1981, is located in the town where Astrid Lindgren was born, Vimmerby, not far from her parent’s home Näs.
Once upon a time…
It is more than 40 years since construction began on Astrid Lindgren’s World. Over the years, interest in the park has grown. So too has the joy of play and interest in Astrid Lindgren’s stories among our guests. ‘The joy of play’ and ‘Astrid Lindgren’ are closely linked concepts. Astrid Lindgren supported the creation of the park on the condition that children there would be allowed to be children, play in the traditional way and experience the people and environments in her books – without being influenced by the commercial interests of the adult world.
Our ambition is for everything you encounter in the park to be true to her stories. With the help of a programme committee, comprised of Astrid Lindgren’s family and close friends, we bring the places, events, atmosphere, songs, food, adventures and all the people Astrid Lindgren wrote about to life. In this way, visitors can be sure that Astrid Lindgren’s spirit is present in everything that happens in the park and that her stories will always come first. Just as it should be.
