Villa Villekulla
Screen house for Pippi Långstrump (TV, 1969) · Kneippbyn, Gotland, Sweden
Photo: Shippmeansen / Wikimedia Commons (public domain), as published on Street Art Utopia (The Movie Ended, the Set Stayed (10 Photos), 31 October 2026).
The house that played Pippi Longstocking’s Villa Villekulla in the 1969 Swedish TV series was a real building: an old steward’s residence near Visby, repainted and given new towers and crooked chimneys for filming. After filming it was moved whole a few kilometres to Kneippbyn, where it still stands. Source Source Source Source Source Checked
Seen May 2026 — The newest dated evidence is a report, not a photo: Time Out (10 May 2026) says the original house from the TV filming is at Kneippbyn, and Gotland’s official guide (last updated 18 September 2026) says it stands there today. The newest camera-dated photo we found is from July 2011. Source Source Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- A real house, not a façadeThe exterior was an existing steward’s residence on the edge of a firing range; painters added pink to the pale yellow villa and carpenters added towers and crooked chimneys. Interior scenes were shot in a studio. Source Checked
- Saved from the regiment’s expansionAccording to Kneippbyn, the house belonged to the Gotland Regiment on Visborgsslätt, was sold at auction on condition it be moved, and Einar Nyberg won against two other bidders. Source Reported
- Moved in one pieceKneippbyn says the frame was strong enough to move whole on a substructure of iron beams. Kneippbyn’s park director told Stuttgarter Zeitung in 2015 that the army towed it about three kilometres with tanks. Source Source Conflicting
- Renovated three timesKneippbyn says the house was renovated in 2001–2002, 2010 and 2015. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
At Kneippbyn Sommar- och Vattenland, a seasonal amusement and water park on the coast about five kilometres south of Visby, Gotland. It originally stood on the regiment’s land at Visborgsslätt, Visby. Coordinates are approximate. Source Source Source Checked
🗓️ Sightings
- 1968
TV series filming begins on Gotland
- 19698 Feb
Series premieres on Swedish TV
- 19694 May
Aftonbladet appeal to save the house
- 1969
Moved to Kneippbyn (winter 1969–70)
- 201113 Jul
Photographed at Kneippbyn
- 201510 Jun
Stuttgarter Zeitung visits Kneippbyn
- 202610 May
Time Out: original house still there
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
“Ursprünglich befand sich die Villa auf einem Militärgelände, wurde aber 1970 nach Kneippbyn versetzt.”
The villa was originally on military land, but was moved to Kneippbyn in 1970.
“Här finns också det riktiga Villa Villekulla, originalhuset från tv-inspelningarna av Pippi Långstrump.”
Here you’ll also find the real Villa Villekulla, the original house from the TV filming of Pippi Longstocking.
“Huset flyttades senare och är idag en del av anläggningen Kneippbyn.”
The house was later moved and is today part of the Kneippbyn resort.
✅ The facts
- Production
- Pippi Långstrump TV series, directed by Olle Hellbom; filming began 1968, premiere 8 February 1969 Source Checked
- Original building
- Former steward’s residence of the Gotland Regiment at Visborgsslätt, near Visby Source Source Source Checked
- Move
- Winter 1969 / December 1969 (Kneippbyn, Wikipedia) vs 1970 (Stuttgarter Zeitung; Kneippbyn also says 1970). We lean to winter 1969–70 Source Source Source Conflicting
🔗 Related
- The Movie Ended, the Set Stayed (10 Photos) — Street Art Utopia
- Gotland.com: Visby in Pippi’s footsteps, a guide to 19 filming sites
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All sources & image credits
- kneippbyn.se: The story of Pippi and Villa Villekulla (Kneippbyn, operator’s history page)
- astridlindgren.com: Pippi Långstrump (TV-serie) (Astrid Lindgren Company)
- gotland.com: Upptäck Visby i Pippis fotspår (Region Gotland, 2022, updated 18 Sep 2026)
- stuttgarter-zeitung.de: Schweden: In der Villa Kunterbunt (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 10 Jun 2015)
- timeout.com: Gotland för barnfamiljen, 16 tips för sommaren 2026 (Time Out, 10 May 2026)
- en.wikipedia.org: Villa Villekulla (Wikipedia, secondary)
- commons.wikimedia.org: Villa Villakulla 2011.jpg (Shippmeansen, public domain, EXIF 13 Jul 2011)
- Image: Shippmeansen / Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Villakulla_2011.jpg; as published on Street Art Utopia (The Movie Ended, the Set Stayed (10 Photos), 31 October 2026); a 16:9 share version was made from it.
Last checked: 31 October 2026. How we verify art