The archive includes an extensive collection of letters from readers across the globe of all ages, as well as book, film, and theatre manuscripts, articles, shorthand pads, press cuttings, royalty accounts for the sales of her books, photos, posters for theatre productions, signed books, essays, and lots more. It also includes copies of letters she wrote herself, but this section is somewhat limited as Astrid Lindgren only rarely made copies of the many letters she wrote.

The archive largely comprises the period between 1933 and 2007. The emphasis is on the period after 1970, when her employment at the publishers Rabén & Sjögren finished. The parts of the archive that had been stored at her home, mostly manuscripts, shorthand work and press cuttings, appear to be largely complete. The collection of manuscripts also includes work from the 1930’s, i.e. before Astrid Lindgren’s official debut in 1944. Through the Astrid Lindgren Company material dated after her passing in January 2002 has also been added to the archive. This includes mainly correspondence in connection to her death and press cuttings. The latter covers the period between 1944 and 2007.

You can't visit the archive, but researchers may, with permission from the Astrid Lindgren Company, gain access to the documents in the archive. Anyone who is interested may look at the index of the documents available.

Please write to info (a) astridlindgren.se if you want to seek permission to access specific material in the archive.