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Re: Ronja the robbers daughter
My sisters name is Ronja. Astrid Lindgren invented the name from a river ? How ?Carrie
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The river is called something like JuRONJAurenkote (a Lappish name) in the far north of Sweden. Presumably b/c she found the scenery among the mountains beautiful.I think Ronja may appear in other languages also, then having another meaning. As a Russian nn for Veronica , for instance?
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