Mimmi (book series)

children's book series by Viveca Sundvall

The Mimmi series (Swedish: Mimmiserien) is a children's books series written by Viveca Lärn (earlier Viveca Sundvall). The main character is Mimmi. She is a girl in late Kindergarten age and later in early primary school age. The books are told from the me-perspective. Many of them are written as diaries. The books were originally published between 1979 and 1996.

Mimmi series
AuthorViveca Lärn
Original titleMimmiserien
IllustratorEva Eriksson
Cover artistEva Eriksson
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Genrechildren
Published1979–1996
No. of books11
Followed byEddie

Mimmi lives with her family in Kungälv.[1] Her father Oskar is a postman while her mother Elin is a waitress at restaurant "Gyllene Svanen".[2]

Two television series based on the books have been produced. The first was En ettas dagbok from 1985 and the second was Mimmi från 1988.

Title Year of publication
Monstret i skåpet 1979
En ettas dagbok 1982
Roberta Karlsson och kungen 1983
Vi smyger på Enok 1985
Mimmi och kalla handen 1985
Vingmuttern, min allra bästa vän 1986
Mimmis bok 1986
Mimi and the Biscuit Factory ("Mimmi och kexfabriken") 1988
Miljonären Mårtenson 1989
Mimi Gets a Grandpa ("Mimmi får en farfar") 1990
Mera Mimmi 1994
Mimmi och Anders 1996

References

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  1. "Viveca Lärn vårtalade på fästningen" (in Swedish). Sven Arne Hag. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. "Viveca Lärns alla barnböcker" (in Swedish). Viveca Lärn's website. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2012.