Astrid Lindgren was born on November 14, 1907, in Vimmerby, Sweden.
Astrid Lindgren was born on November 14, 1907, in the small town of Vimmerby, Sweden. She was raised on a farm by her loving parents, Samuel August and Hanna Jonsson Ericsson. The environment of her idyllic childhood filled with nature and storytelling provided a fertile ground for her imagination. Her early years in the quaint villages of Småland would later become the settings for many of her beloved stories, significantly shaping her future as a writer.