On Swedish Children's Classics, or, They Do Things Differently Here

[giving_ground]

We watched Bröderna Lejonhjärta (The Brothers Lionheart) yesterday. It's from an Astrid Lindgren book of the same name. It's a children's classic and, so Val says, one of those things everyone knows about.

What is it about? Well, basically, children dying in horrible ways.

Comments

[uminohikari]

...wow.

That actually sounds like some of the older fairy tales, where everyone dies in horrific ways.

[giving_ground]

Kinda! Possibly it's not as horrible as most of those. *cracks up* Scandinavia doesn't seem big on stories where everything is happy and bright though. XDDD

[giving_ground]

Unni, anything can make me cry. XD But yeah, I know. I can see how it's a pretty great story to kids. It's adults who get freaked out. It made me so sad. And really! What about their poor mum!

[allmyblack]

This is Piipa, just too damn tired to log in appropriate account. Anyway, I think I read this one as well when I was a kid. At least I've seen some version of it on film. I liked it! I'd rec one Lingren if I'd remember its name... It's about this little girl who moves to live in a forest because her dad is warring with her best friend's dad. It's called Ronja, someone'sdotter in Swedish... (Ah, wiki tells me it's called Ronja Rövardotter) It was my favorite as a kid. They've made a movie of it as well.

[giving_ground]

Ahh, I think Ronja is Val's favourite of those and I'm pretty sure I've heard good things about that one from all over. :D Will definitely be watching and/or reading when I feel competent enough. :)