Pippi Longstocking's Lemonade Tree (Sockerdricksträdet)

This tree in the Swedish town of Vimmerby is - at least in the fantasy world of ASTRID LINDGREN's stories - a botanical sensation. The world's most famous children's book author, who was born here in 1907, invented characters that are still popular today, such as - to name just one example - "Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Peppermint Efraim's Daughter (known as Pippi Longstocking for short)" and a "lemonade tree" that appears in the stories about her.

The lemonade tree from the Pippi Longstocking books goes back to this tree

In Vimmerby Astrid Lindgren lived and wrote her books - definitely worth a visit. Here you can see the tree on which the lemonade tree in the Pippi Longstocking books goes back. We visited him myself.