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Jun 18, 2019 9:17 AM
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Maultasche
ageisjustanumberthatgoesupandup
Always up vote Swedish children's books. Heja Pettson!
shiftctrlalt
Not just a book, it's a series too. My kid watch it all the time.
lovang
Pannkakstårtan!
MyCommentsUsuallyHaveTypos
Ah yes, I figured this wasn't American children's literature... Not enough cookies and basic word forms.
Paninisareallevil
Omg findus!!!
Doomgriever
MissSpelledTattoo
Zap117
Is this a thing outside of Scandinavia?
PangolinBan
At the very least all over Europe. And all the books have great ratings on amazon.com, so I'm pretty sure the US is in as well.
whitesebra
”Ska du va här inne får du gå ut!” ”If you have to be in here - get out!” Favourite quote
torsj
Cat tax: Findus.
FappingRaptor
I see myself become him more every day
Santorrr
In one of the series' episodes he puts his pants into a cake dough. This is what everyone should aspire to be.
cptwott
https://imgur.com/XH3QWwO
boulshakness
The old men look like Steven Spielberg
FanSoundsMakeMeSleepy
Gamla gubben Pettson.
FailedCrate
A birthday cake for Findus! I had that one! My childhood in Germany was this & Asterix, Tintin, Lucky Luke. Also anything Astrid Lindgren!
IUpvoteArt
So basically your german childhood was my swedish childhood?
FailedCrate
Nah, I think depending on your social background it's rather alike.
EIagabalus
I see Findus I upvote
goatamon
Viiru ja Pesonen
Yosuko
Meillä on 6 näitä kirjoja ja haluan lisää.
TheBreadlord
Suomi mainittu, torille!
Kuvajainen
Parasta!
tehassassino
The garden game was one of my favorites.
DinkyDamn
https://preview.redd.it/nxti6z1vxxs11.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=598cfc94ef2e8e8d18508dfc726c640bb7870a5d
Mokelzwerg
Loved these as a kid!
MollyNapQueen
I grew up with these. ❤️
IWishIHadACleverUsernameToo
I read these books to my american girlfriends kids (my "bonuskids"), but in Swedish. I have inherited my fathers torytelling abilities.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
I read these most nights to my 2 year old.
PunTheJewels
"Check signalementet én gang til" those who played the game knows
CatOnAKeyboard
It took me soo long before I discovered the secret tunnels, but they were definitely the best part!
AleksanderLehti
I've never completed that game.. How the heck is a kid supposed to know what "signalement" is??
DamaDamas
Yas! I remember now! Gotta play that again someday!
Mannyiac
sjukt, nu minns jag med.
onemanagainstheodds
Always appreciate the help of your Palicos
Larlock
Palicos?
blorglblorg
Small cat like humanoids that help you on your quests in the monster hunter games, much like Findus is helping Pettson.
blorglblorg
*Pettsson
PunTheJewels
TIL!!
GuitarsAndCodeAndRage
I remember growing up in the early 90s and all the kids wanting crepe cakes for their birthday parties.
movethebongos
That's not crepes. It's Swedish pancakes (thin like crepes but sweeter in taste)
GuitarsAndCodeAndRage
Tack, jag vet, men "crepes" är lättare för engelskspråkiga att förstå ?
Sogov
Lived just a a few km from the author when I grew up, I remember once he and another illustrator visited my school (1)
Sogov
They drew a door on the whiteboard in the class room and just asked us "who lives there?". Then they drew what we answered (2)
Sogov
by the end of the class they had covered the whole whiteboard with a giant picture in much the same style as the books (3)
Sogov
One of my most priced possessions is a signed copy of one of his books about the Swedish East Indian Company by Sven Nordquist (4)
ElbowdeepinElmo
Loved these books as a kid...aged pretty well though, compared to other things ^^
BitchButcher
Pettsson? Isn't it Pettersson?
Maultasche
Only in the German translation
BitchButcher
I just looked it up. Pettsson is the English translation. In Dansk e.g. it's Peddersen. Couldn't find out the original Swedish name.
Maultasche
The original name is "Pettson" ( https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettson_och_Findus )
BitchButcher
Oh! Didn't expect that!
semirelatedcomments
Wait, these are internationally recognized??
somnif
I remember reading "Pancakes for Findus" as a kid, but not sure how popular they were overall here in the states.
StupidNoraGarbageface
I'm also german, and I always begged my mom to make a pancake cake for my birthday.
SnowMongoose
American here, grew up with Tintin and Asterix, didn't learn of this one until just now.
R3stAssur3d
Swede here. I still love those comics as an adult. Tintin, Asterix, Spirou and Lucky Luke was my childhood.
DerSteve
german here, these were one of my favourite books as a child
semirelatedcomments
Cool, I had no idea. I'm swedish and since this is swedish I just figured it was distributed here. I had the one where with the bull
DerSteve
The books are at my parents house but I vaguely remember the one with the bull, the first one where they meet eachother, the one where
DerSteve
Pettsson breaks his leg and the one where they build a christmas tree. Maybe we had more but those are the ones I remember. The pictures
DerSteve
always had so much detail
Higure
I love these books. I think it's amazing how the drawings of several scenes blend together
ProxyPlayerHD
i had no idea they were books i only ever saw the cartoon as a kid
Zixtank
Love how there's a painting of what Findus thinks a tent is on the wall.
JupitersWitch
Reading translated Finnish is so weird. I have the Moomin books and it's very hard to get use to the sentence structure.
Cthulhukitten
Same as a swede.
FromDenmarkWithHate
I love the little details in the pictures!
Higure
There is so much detail! The little trolls, all the movement one can clearly see, and the absurdities that sometimes are just there.
Cthulhukitten
This mixed with a serious and well crafted drawing style is very cool, and probably quite unique.
jennym123
I have never heard of this. What's it called?
Higure
Different things in different languages, but if you google Pettson it shouldn't be hard to find what it's called in yours, if it exists.
pinatafarmer
You.. uh.. you got the rest?
Higure
Sorry, this is taken off of Amazon. Don't think they show the entire book as preview there, I'm afraid.
StankyPankySammich
I've never heard of these books. Might have to buy some for my niece's. I like the art and finddus seems like a hoot.
Cthulhukitten
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sven+norqvist+books
AnnaMia
It has a where's waldo element with small trolls hidden all around the pictures. Was great fun when I was little
Fedelicous
Ooh they are the best. Artwork is amazing, great fun stories about the 2. Still read them from time to time (30 yrs old now)
Cthulhukitten
Was a big part of my childhood, not too sure how easy some of them are to get a hold on. Do you know?
Fedelicous
As a swede its really easy to get a hold of the books but don't know where you live
Cthulhukitten
Well, sweden. What about before pettsson, Minus och stora världen, Hattjakten, Guldflickan?
StankyPankySammich
Lol I'm almost 30 as well. Just was at my niece's 1st bday and the other one is almost 3. So, would be the perfect time to get them++
StankyPankySammich
++this collection. Hell, might even buy myself one for when I have my kids.
Fedelicous
Oh very much so perfect timing for them! Go for it man! :D I'm keeping my collection safe for my future kids :))
densistemurikanen
Wait, so these books are actually a thing outside of Sweden? I'm glad and proud!
Rodvitner
It's been translated to about 47 languages.
Mi99
Switzerland. Plus loved to recommend these when I worked as a bookseller. :)
lronMaiden
Finland.
TheYearOfTheAnteater
I once saw the cartoon adaptation, dubbed into Czech.
Malus333
I vaguely remember seeing them as a child in usa. But i grew up on a military base so might be because of that
ellert0
Here to confirm they were also translated to Icelandic
Shmoopaloops
Belgium i used to have a game about these 2 :D
Cthulhukitten
I'm feeling nationalistic feelings and I'm not sure how to feel about that.. Best books ever though!
TheBrownstain
Faroe Islands
ANateThatPotate
Greenland
LexWNM
Belgium
EvilCookieMonster
Switzerland, I even played the game
jcw99
God the Soap box race was the best!
amipsycho
That game was the shit.
recoverDump
Omg I had completely forgotten about it. What is the name ?
EvilCookieMonster
can't remember but I'm sure someone else posted it in the comments somewhere
RepresentativeOfNorway
Norway accounted for. You rotten fish eating crazy...
MasterMookie
Love you too!
unikorv
You love us ♡
khora
You fell for that fish joke?
LordNevyn
Joke?
3141593653589793
Surströmming.
Danishlmgurian
Denmark.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
Denmark here also; just, and I do mean just, finished reading Pancakecake to my 2 yo. Now he’s sleeping and I earned my freedom of the day
LiarLiarPantsUntier
Also, we’ll make a pancakecake next week when my youngest achieves level 1 the 27th :)
Danishlmgurian
nice! Hope you'll have a great day when the 27th arrives :)
nopeMoep
thats unfair, y'all are basically brothers
pathoftim3
At first i was gonna say brothers that kind of hate eachother but i realised thats basicly what brothers are. Love/hate relationship ftw!
nopeMoep
Same with us, Austrians and Switzerland (Lichtenstein is more a Switzerland-Twin but smaller)
TheGalacticLeprechaunwithtinynipples
Germany
nopeMoep
second that.
Kiibou
third that
LiarLiarPantsUntier
I have questions in regards of your username
Sharksi
My German mom learned swedish at some point and read the books to us in swedish
TheGalacticLeprechaunwithtinynipples
they are all answered here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzKTK0024kw&t=1s
LiarLiarPantsUntier
I don’t know what to say. I’m enlightened, but I don’t feel like I am.