Bunting (horse)

Bunting (1961 – mid-1980s) was a Swedish halfbreed grey horse made famous for his participation in Olle Hellbom's Pippi Longstocking films.

[1] Bunting was first called Illbatting and then Batting; he was owned by Rudolf Öberg, and had been a gift for him at his 60th birthday.

Bunting was completely white so the crew had to paint black dots onto his skin to make him look like the horse in the books.

[2] It was during filming that Inger Nilsson, the actress who played Pippi, chose the name of Lilla gubben.

[2] After the final film was completed Bunting returned to a riding school, and was later moved to a stable in Vallentuna where he later died at the age of 24.