Tomten (poem)

Tomte Tummetott is a 1960 children's book by Astrid Lindgren published with drawings by Harald Wiberg. The translation of the German edition is by Silke of Geesthacht.

The story is an adaptation of the Swedish poem " Tomten " by Viktor Rydberg (1881 ). The story is about the Nisse Tomte Tummetott coming out in a winter night from his hiding in a hayloft and looks after the sleeping people and animals of the farm. Tomte is the good house spirit of the farm, of whether the cold winter awards courage cows, chickens and lambs and night watches over the parents and children - and have been for many centuries. " Tomte " is Swedish and Finnish name for the mythical figure of the Nisse.

A continuation Räven Tomten och Karl -Erik Forsslund 1966 also adapted by Astrid Lindgren. The German edition was published under the title " Tomte and the Fox ". Tomte helps in this story of a hungry fox, which comes one night on the farm.

Filming

The filming of " Tomte Tummetott and the Fox " was produced as the first of a book by Astrid Lindgren completely outside Sweden. It involved 2007 Ogglies film production ( Oetinger Verlag) with the animation company Trikk17 and Hamburg recording studio Manor station.

Expenditure

  • Astrid Lindgren: Tomte Tummetott. Photos by Harald Wiberg. 39 edition. Oetinger Verlag, August 1960 ( original title: Tomten, translated by Silke von Geesthacht ), ISBN 3,789,161,306th
  • Astrid Lindgren: Tomte and the fox. Photos by Harald Wiberg. 28 edition. Oetinger Verlag, August 1966 ( original title: Räven Tomten och, translated by Silke von Geesthacht ), ISBN 3789161314th
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