ABSTRACT
However, there is another completely different repertoire of folk songs and rhymes hidden in her books: songs from Astrid Lindgren’s own repertoire, which she heard and learned as a child. There is the also the possibility that, as a result of her own research, she embellished her books with other typical period songs and folkloric rhymes. Astrid Lindgren’s way of using these songs differs from book to book, and from situation to situation. This chapter is about the background to these songs and how Astrid Lindgren used them in her writing.
