Three years later, in 1934, Lindgren gave birth to her second child, Karin, who became a translator.

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.

Pettersson later left the band, and Lindgren switched to guitar.

Mills later said that a healthy Lindgren would have won gold.

Four years later, Lindgren tried to make the 1968 Olympic team but finished 5th in the 10, 000 meters and 4th in the 5, 000 meters in the Olympic Trials at Echo Summit, just missing the team at both distances.

Lindgren wrote shorthand for Harry Söderman, a doctor in Criminology and it was during this work that she learned the basics of criminology that she later used in her stories.

Astrid Lindgren furthermore had stated that she never wanted to be represented as a statue.

The eminent geologist, Waldemar Lindgren, who visited the area in 1900, estimated that approximately $ 16 million in gold had been mined from the Canyon City area alone by that time.

The preeminent geologist, Waldemar Lindgren, during his 1900 visit to the gold belt of the Blue Mountains, estimated that no more than $ 16 million in gold had been recovered from Canyon Creek by then.

Miller and Swope then turned their attention to their side project, the quieter Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic ( co-founded with their old friend Erik Lindgren, who had played with Miller and Conley in Moving Parts ), which they both left in the 1990s, Miller to produce several solo efforts and film scores, and Swope to semi-reclusion in Hawaii.

She began her career at the young age of eleven when she had a role in the TV-series The Children of Noisy Village, based on a story by Astrid Lindgren.

Lindgren began as a poet in 1965 but had to wait until 1982 for his breakthrough, with The Way of a Serpent ( Swedish: Ormens väg på hälleberget ).

When Isberg quit the band, Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren " really felt that we had found a real original way of playing.

Lindgren had previously beaten Mills in the Olympic Trials that year.

In May 2007, Peter Lindgren announced that he had left Opeth due to the rigors of life on the road as a touring musician and that he had lost his enthusiasm for playing in Opeth.

Astrid Lindgren had been contacted by Miyazaki one year earlier, as he wished to use Pippi in his animation.

Despite versatility and a good on-ice work ethic, Lindgren never lived up to the offensive potential that Winnipeg had seen when they drafted him, scoring only thirteen goals in his best NHL season.

Astrid said that maybe people should call her Asteroid Lindgren instead.

Gary Lindgren, Chabot's chief of staff, said that " there's not a connection " between the donations and the earmarks.

Lindgren said the earmarks are for major institutions where it would be expected that board members would be politically active.

Lindgren said, " I remember the look on Dan's face when we said, ' Our drummer can play the piano.

The most evil song on the album, said Lindgren, the lyrics for " Under the Weeping Moon " were " some kind of satanic worship of the moon.

Both Lindgren and Åkerfeldt said that the split was amicable.

Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories and landscapes.

In 1931, she married her boss, Sture Lindgren ( 1898 – 1952 ).

The family moved in 1941 to an apartment on the Dalagatan, with a view over Vasaparken, where Lindgren lived until her death in 2002, at the age of 94.

Lindgren was almost blind a few years before her death.

In 1944 Lindgren won second prize in a competition held by the newly founded publishing house Rabén & Sjögren with her novel Britt-Marie lättar sitt hjärta ( Britt-Marie unburdens her heart ).

While Lindgren almost immediately became a much appreciated writer, the irreverent attitude towards adult authority that is a distinguishing characteristic of many of her characters has occasionally drawn the ire of some conservatives.

Its entry on Lindgren summed up her work in glowing terms: " her niche in children's fantasy remains both secure and exalted.

Astrid Lindgren was well known both for her support for children's and animal rights, and for her opposition to corporal punishment.

In 1967, Rabén & Sjögren established an annual literary prize, the Astrid Lindgren Prize, in connection with her 60th birthday.

Following Lindgren's death, the government of Sweden instituted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in her memory.

A minor planet, 3204 Lindgren, discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, was named after her.

In memory of Astrid Lindgren, a memorial sculpture was created next to her childhood home, named " Källa Astrid " (" Astrid's Wellspring " in English ).

They traveled to Sweden, and not only did research for the film ( they went location scouting in Visby, one of the major locations where the 1969 TV series was filmed ), but also personally visited creator Astrid Lindgren, and discussed the project with her.

She is known best for her illustrations to various books by the author Astrid Lindgren, including the popular The Children of Noisy Village.

For her career contribution to " children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense ", she received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature.

The citation noted in particular her translations of works by Per Olov Enquist, Bodil Jönsson, Astrid Lindgren, and Klas Östergren.

" Grave's Ola Lindgren and Bolt Thrower's Karl Willetts both rate South of Heaven as amongst the top five albums of all time, while Max Kolesne of Brazilian death metal group Krisiun remembers hearing the song " Silent Scream " for the first time: " It just blew me away.

Based on a book by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the story is about a number of characters living in the archipelago outside Stockholm.

Astrid Lindgren might have borrowed the idea from a similar story about Mr. O ’ Malley in the comic strip ” Barnaby ” ( 1942 ) by Crockett Johnson.

In December, 2010, Lindgren hired Joel Lovell, formerly story editor at GQ magazine, as deputy editor.

Mio, min Mio, published in 1954, is another story by Lindgren which takes place in a far away medieval land.