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

Mimmi series
AuthorViveca Lärn
Original title
Mimmiserien
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, En ettas dagbok from 1985 and Mimmi från 1988.

Books edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Kungälvsposten" (in Swedish). Sven Arne Hag. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Viveca Lärns alla barnböcker" (in Swedish). Viveca Lärn's website. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2012.