The books feature an old farmer (Pettson) and his cat (Findus) who live in a small ramshackle farmhouse in the countryside in around the 1950s.

In 2000 the world of Pettson and Findus was recreated full scale at the Junibacken Children's Museum in Stockholm.

Pettson is an old farmer who lives in a ramshackle falu red-painted wooden farmhouse in the Swedish countryside.

On the premises of Julita manor, Sven Nordkvist helped build a farm designed after the books.

The series was written by Sven Nordqvist, music by Naima and was produced by TV-Loonland AG and ZDF.