“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter”
New series airs at Christmas on the first

Kerstin Linden as the new Ronja, the robber’s daughter.
© ARD Degeto/Viaplay Group Sweden
Ten months after its launch on Netflix: ARD is showing the new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” for Christmas.
Rumple wights, gray gnomes, wild druds and of course the title heroine Ronja Robber’s Daughter is part of her childhood for many generations. Now ARD is showing Astrid Lindgren’s (1907-2002) children’s book classic from 1981 as a new series adaptation. As the broadcaster announces, the six-part series will be broadcast on Christmas. The first three episodes will air on December 25, 2024 at prime time at 8:15 p.m. The next three episodes will follow on December 26th from 5:45 p.m. The entire “high-end series” will be available in the ARD media library from December 20th.
“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” was released on Netflix in many European countries on March 28th of this year. In Germany, however, the series was missing from the streaming service’s portfolio. ARD had secured the rights to the first broadcast in this country.
Screenplay by Swedish crime star
“Ronja Robber’s Daughter” is an international co-production. Like Astrid Lindgren, the main actors come mainly from Sweden. The title role is played by young actress Kerstin Linden (16).
The script comes from Hans Rosenfeldt (60), who, together with Michael Hjorth (59), is responsible for the crime novel series about the profiler Sebastian Bergmann, which is also successful in Germany.
“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter”: Filmed several times
If you don’t know Astrid Lindgren’s novel: The book tells the story of Ronja, the daughter of the robber captain Mattis from Mattisburg in the Mattiswald. Although her father forbade it, she becomes friends with Birk Borkason. He is the son of the enemy robber Borka.
“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” was made into a film in 1984. The adaptation, for which Astrid Lindgren wrote the script, is shown on television in a longer version and occasionally as a two- or three-part series. An anime version of the book debuted in Japan in 2014. In 2017 it celebrated its German-language premiere on Prime Video.