It was produced by Beta Film, one of the German co-producers of the original show, while the Swedish TV series was still in post-production and has never been aired in Sweden.

A mysterious young girl, Pippi Longstocking, moves into the abandoned Villa Villekulla.

The redheaded Pippi, living alone but for a monkey called Mr. Nilsson and her horse Little Old Man, befriends two neighboring children, Tommy and Annika.

Soon inseparable companions, the three youngsters embark upon a series of colorful escapades, which turn the small Swedish town upside down.

Local busybody Miss Prysselius schemes to have Pippi put into a children's home, and sets the town's bumbling cops Kling and Klang on her with riotous results.