 Tattoo of Plupp sitting on a rock | |
| Author | Inga Borg |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Children's literature |
Plupp is the protagonist of a series of children's books by Swedish author Inga Borg (1925–2017),[1] who first created the character in 1955. Plupp is a small figure with blue hair and a red nose, who lives in a kåta by a lake called Blåvattnet ('Blue Waters') somewhere in the far north.[2]
Borg describes the character as an invisibling (meaning that Plupp is invisible to humans) who is both human and animal in nature.[3] She further explains that Plupp is neither male nor female, as she wanted to create a character that children of both sexes could identify with. Plupp also has the ability to talk with animals; two of their closest friends are the lemming Lämmel and the stoat Hermelin.
The books about Plupp have been translated into Danish, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Faroese, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, and German. In 1968, Borg adapted the books into the animated TV series Plupp och hans vänner ('Plupp and his friends').[4]
In 1970, Borg received the Elsa Beskow Award for the Plupp books.[5]
- ^ "Plupp-skapare Inga Borg är död – blev 92 år gammal".
- ^ Kokkola, Lydia. (2016). «An ‘Invisibling’ view of a Northern Landscape: Inga Borg’s Plupp Series». Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 54. 42-47.
- ^ Liljegren, Thomas. "Plupps "mamma" i Ulriksdalsskogen" (in Swedish). Bergshamra för alla. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Plupp och hans vänner". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Inga Borg". Publisher's presentation (in Swedish). Opal. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2013.