Alfie Atkins (Alfons Åberg)
Dear friends!
We would now like to share with you a traditional Swedish story!
The story we would like you to get to know is about the boy Alfie Atkins.
in Swedish: Alfons Åberg
in German: Willi Wiberg
in Greek: Άλφονς
in Italian: Alfons Aberg
Alfie Atkins is a very famous Swedish fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergström in 1972.
While we wait for our children to present this story to you in some way, we would like you to get to know Alfie a little bit better:
About Alfie Atkins
Alfie is an ordinary little chap living with his good-natured, scatty father in a modern suburb which could be anywhere in the world. He is not very big and not very strong. And he prefers not fighting. He is cheerful and full of mischief, but he also has his moments of being angry, jealous, frightened of ghosts…
The books take in most things – from everyday troubles to life’s big questions. Any child can identify with Alfie, which perhaps explains why he is loved all over the world!
In Alfie’s world we also find his friends Milla, Viktor, Malcolm and Hamdi, and of course, Grandma, the cousins and Dad.
The Alfie-books
In late autumn of 1972 the very first book about Alfie Atkins came out; Good Night, Alfie Atkins. Since 2009 the book is an official classic – represented in Norstedts’ Tusen svenska klassiker and also in 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Die (Universe Publishing, New York).
Alfie Atkins has never left the Swedish book market. The books has been in print continuously for forty years. The print run totaled 9,5 million copies in about 30 languages (2018).
In addition to the books, Alfie Atkins has also through the years appeared in movies, on television, in a number of different theaters, in musicals and exhibits.
1973 Very tricky, Alfie Atkins
1972 Good Night, Alfie Atkins
1975 Hurry Up, Alfie Atkins!
1976 Alfie Atkins and his Secret Friend
1976 Who’ll Save Alfie Atkins?
1977 You’re a Sly One, Alfie Atkins!
1978 Alfie and the Monster (GB)
1978 Is that a Monster, Alfie Atkins? (US)
1981 Are you a Coward, Alfie Atkins?
1982 What’s Alfie up to now?
1983 Who’s Scaring Alfie Atkins?
1984 Happy Alfie Atkins
1985 You have a Girlfriend, Alfie Atkins?
1986 A Party, Alfie Atkins!
1987 Hocus-Pocus, Alfie Atkins!
1988 Just Tie It, Alfie Atkins!
1989 What did Mr Atkins Say?
1991 There goes Alfie the Thief!
1992 More Monsters, Alfie!
1993 Three Cheers for Alfie’s Daddy!
1994 ”Not Likely!” said Alfie Atkins
1997 Fly with me said Alfie Atkins
1998 Invisible with Alfie
2002 How far does Alfie reach?
2002 Alfie’s ABC
2006 Alfie and the soldier daddy
2010 Alfie Atkins with the Magic Sack
2012 The Last to Laugh! Said Alfie’s Dad