Karlsson-on-the-Roof
Fictional character
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- Karlsson-on-the-Roof is a character who features in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
- O'Malley in the comic strip Barnaby (1942) by Crockett Johnson.
Karlsson-on-the-Roof is a character who features in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren may have borrowed the idea for the series from a similar story about Mr. O'Malley in the comic strip Barnaby (1942) by Crockett Johnson.
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