Little Ghost Laban (Swedish: Lilla spöket Laban [Laban the Little Spook]) or "the ghost who wouldn't haunt", is a Swedish children's book character created by Inger and Lasse Sandberg from Karlstad Municipality.
Laban is a friendly character who does not want to haunt and scare people, and who lives in the basement of the castle "Gomorronsol"[2] where he is friends with the youngest prince.
The setting is domestic and shows the everyday life of the characters.
[1] The characters were created to help the creators' son Nicklas get over his fear of ghosts as a child.
[3] Other characters created by the authors include The Thumb and Little Anna.