From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Bertil Beppe Wolgers 10 November 1928 Stockholm 6 August 1986 was a Swedish author poet translator lyricist actor entertainer and artist Wolgers was born in Stockholm He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like Walkin My Baby Back Home Waltz for Debby Dat Dere Take Five and Bachianas brasileiras no 5 He also made several books and films for children and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 196874 and as notable the father of Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Radcliffe licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia