Astrid Lindgren's World

Astrid Lindgren värld is a theme park in the Swedish town of Vimmerby. In the park the stories of those born at the Headlands in Vimmerby Astrid Lindgren be addressed. It is owned by the municipality Vimmerby.

Around 450,000 visitors are counted each year. During high season, about 400 people are employed in Astrid Lindgren's World, of which about 125 theaters in operation ( as of 2012) ..

In the park

The park covers about 120,000 square feet of space. In the park there are the scenes of the most popular children's books by Astrid Lindgren:

  • Troublemaker Street,
  • Noisy Village,
  • Birch Lund,
  • The home of Polly patent grandmother,
  • Katthult,
  • Karlsson's roof,
  • The Cherry Valley,
  • The Wild Rose Valley,
  • Matt's Fort,
  • Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb House,
  • Villa Sundries,
  • Rasmus ' barn,
  • Seacrow Island and
  • The small, small town.

The villa Sundries near the puppet theater was opened on 6 June 2009; until then there was a differently designed villa Sundries near the Troublemaker Street.

By Theme Seacrow Island, visitors are driven to small cars.

On two stages ( 700 seats and 350 seats) performances are held daily. A puppet theater with 60 seats shows performances for smaller children.

In four restaurants as well as some food stalls and barbecues food and drinks. In the village and at the campsite, a total of about 1,000 guests holiday homes, holiday cottages or pitches for tents, caravans or mobile homes for rent.

Shooting

In the early 1990s the movies were filmed on Lotta in the Troublemaker Street.

Astrid Lindgren Scholarship

Since 1991, is awarded by Astrid Lindgren's annual doped with 30 000 SEK Astrid Lindgren scholarship to persons or organizations who " work in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren '.

Winners:

  • Gunnel Linde (1991 ),
  • Child protection organization BRIS (1992 ),
  • Ilon Wikland (1993 ),
  • Georg Riedel ( 1994),
  • Lars H. Gustafsson (1995),
  • Björn Berg ( 1996),
  • Jörgen Lantz (1997),
  • Lennart Hellsing (1998),
  • Björn Ranelid (2000),
  • Isacsson, Jalminger and Soowik (2001),
  • Vår Teater (2002),
  • Barbro Lindgren ( 2003),
  • Hugo Lagercrantz (2004),
  • Siv Widerberg ( 2005).
Vimmerby Municipality Georg Riedel (Jazz musician)
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