Villa Villekulla is a fictional house that is the home of Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...

, a character in a series of books. Pippi lives in Villa Villekulla along with her horse and her monkey, Mr. Nilsson. Outside the house stands a tree that grows sockerdricka

Sockerdricka

Sockerdricka is a soft drink dating from the 19th century. Originally it was brewed and also contained ginger , but nowadays it consists of carbonated water, sugar, and citric acid. It is quite similar to Fruktsoda. It is still sold, despite strong competition from more modern inventions such as 7...

, a soft drink sold in Sweden.

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The house used during the TV series and some films with Inger Nilsson

Inger Nilsson

Karin Inger Monica Nilsson is a Swedish actress. She is a former child actress.She is primarily known for her portrayal of Pippi Longstocking in the Swedish-produced TV series of the same name during 1969, which was later compiled, re-dubbed into English, and released as four feature films in 1969...

 in the lead role was located in the town of Vibble

Vibble

Vibble is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden with 1,135 inhabitants in 2005. It is sometimes regarded as a suburb of Visby which it lies about 3 km south of. Main business of the location is tourism. The famous Villa Villekulla - where Pippi Longstocking lived - is...

 on the island of Gotland

Gotland

Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...

 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Until the 1970s the house stood in a garden south of Visby

Visby

-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...

, but it was re-located to Kneippbyn and Kneippbyns Summerland about three kilometres away from where it stood during filming of Pippi Longstocking, where it remains standing to this day. The garden where the filming of Pippi Longstocking took place and where Villa Villekulla stood can still be seen. Today there is a Scots Pine

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris, commonly known as the Scots Pine, is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia, ranging from Scotland, Ireland and Portugal in the west, east to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia...

 growing where Villa Villekulla once stood.

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