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The name "'''Tjorven'''" is a fictional character created by [[Astrid Lindgren]]. It comes from a popular Swedish family show on television in the early 1960s. Based on a script by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the story is about a number of characters living in the archipelago outside [[Stockholm]]. A central character is a plump and sunny little girl nicknamed Tjorven.<ref name="Lindgren2016">{{cite book|author=Astrid Lindgren|title=Seacrow Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAvdCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT35|date=7 April 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press - Children|isbn=978-0-19-274558-3|pages=35–}}</ref>
The name "'''Tjorven'''" is a fictional character created by [[Astrid Lindgren]]. It comes from a popular Swedish family show on television in the early 1960s. Based on a script by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the story is about a number of characters living in the archipelago outside [[Stockholm]]. A central character is a plump and sunny little girl nicknamed Tjorven.<ref name="Lindgren2016">{{cite book|author=Astrid Lindgren|title=Seacrow Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAvdCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT35|date=7 April 2016|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] - Children|isbn=978-0-19-274558-3|pages=35–}}</ref>


In the movies of [[Saltkråkan]] the character was portrayed by Swedish actress [[Maria Johansson (actress)|Maria Johansson]].
In the films of ''[[Life on Seacrow Island|Saltkråkan]]'' the character was portrayed by Swedish actress [[Maria Johansson]].


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Latest revision as of 00:11, 8 November 2025

Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:More citations needed The name "Tjorven" is a fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren. It comes from a popular Swedish family show on television in the early 1960s. Based on a script by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, the story is about a number of characters living in the archipelago outside Stockholm. A central character is a plump and sunny little girl nicknamed Tjorven.[1]

In the films of Saltkråkan the character was portrayed by Swedish actress Maria Johansson.

Miscellaneous

In Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 'Tjorven' appears also as the name for a cat character Mikael Blomkvist finds during his stay at a guest house.

Tjorven was also one of many nicknames for a woman who was accused of eating children in Romania.

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