- UNDATED FILE PHOTO - Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-sp.....
- UNDATED FILE PHOTO - Popular Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-sprited Pippi Longstocking, died Monday January 28, 2002 at the age of 94, Swedish media reported. Lindgren, shown in this undated file photo, died at home after a brief illness.