In the evenings he sits on the porch, smokes his pipe and looks at the stars. For a minute, until the propeller spins properly, Carlson stands motionless, but when the engine starts to work with might and main, Carlson soars up and flies, swaying slightly, with such an important and dignified air, like some kind of director - of course, if you can imagine a director with a propeller on the back.Ĭarlson lives perfectly in a small house on the roof. As soon as he presses the button on his stomach, an ingenious motor immediately starts working behind him. Everyone can fly on airplanes and helicopters, but Carlson can fly on his own. But Carlson, imagine, lives there.Ĭarlson is a small plump self-confident man, and besides, he can fly. It may be different in other cities, but in Stockholm it almost never happens that someone lives on the roof, and even in a separate small house. Yes, he lives on the roof, and that alone is extraordinary. In the whole house there is only one not quite ordinary creature - Carlson, who lives on the roof. The boss is fifteen years old, and he is more willing to stand at the football goal than at the school board, which means that he is also the most ordinary boy.īethan is fourteen years old, and her braids are exactly the same as those of other most ordinary girls. After all, there are so many boys in the world who are seven years old, who have blue eyes, unwashed ears and pants torn at the knees, that there is nothing to doubt: the Kid is the most ordinary boy. I'm not the most ordinary kid at all, - says the Kid.īut this, of course, is not true. This family consists of the most ordinary dad, the most ordinary mother and three of the most ordinary children - Bosse, Betan and the Kid. According to the book, Carlson's favorites are meatballs and whipped cream cake.In the city of Stockholm, on the most ordinary street, in the most ordinary house, lives the most ordinary Swedish family named Svanteson. The theory has spread on the Internet that the prototype of Carlson is the German Reich Minister of Aviation Goering (according to this theory, the propeller is an allusion to aviation, and Karlsson and Goering are also quite well-fed people).Ĭarlson's syndrome is a psychological feature of children 3-7 years old who have a need for an imaginary friend.Ĭontrary to the Soviet cartoon, nowhere is it mentioned in the book that Carlson's favorite food is jam. Their company Saltkrakan ab is the copyright holder for all of its works (characters and their derivatives). The heirs of the writer carefully monitor everything related to the heroes of Lindgren's books. The books do not mention the name of Carlson, he calls himself everywhere simply "Carlson". In 2008, there were 201, 681 registered carriers of this surname in Sweden.Īt home, in Sweden, Carlson is not liked, considering him "a boor, egoist, deceiver, braggart and instigator." In Sweden, the surname Carlson is the third most common. Unfortunately, only two of the three books were filmed.īy the way, Freken Bok in the Soviet cartoon was drawn in the image of Faina Ranevskaya, who voiced this role. Karlsson is called Karlsson på taket in Swedish.Īccording to the Swedish Wikipedia (), the Soviet cartoons about the Kid and Karlsson were the first adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's immortal work. So Karlson was born - a handsome, intelligent and moderately well-fed man in his prime. Once Astrid heard her story that when the girl was left alone, a small cheerful man flies into her room through the window, who hides behind a picture if adults enter. The idea of creating "Karlson Who Lives on the Roof" was suggested to the writer by her daughter.
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