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'''''Lisa''''' is a Swedish-German-Hungarian animated preschool television series created by [[Magnus Carlsson (illustrator)|Magnus Carlsson]].<ref>https://magnuscarlsson.se/magnus-carlsson/</ref> It was produced by Happy Life and is aimed at younger children.<ref name="svd1999">{{cite news |last1=Carlsson |first1=Magnus |title=Nu har svensk tv vaknat också – Alla vill ha Magnus Carlsson |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=22 January 1999 |language=Swedish|url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1999-01-22/18}}</ref>

==Production and telecast==

The ''Lisa'' series was first produced as a series of cinematically-released short films. The first short film, ''Lisa får en barnvakt'', premiered in June 1996<ref>[https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=23914#release-dates Lisa får en barnvakt], The Swedish Film Database</ref> and was released as a book the following year. Two further short films, ''Lisa hos tandläkaren'' and ''Lisa på picknick'', were granted funding from the [[Swedish Film Institute]] in February 1997<ref>{{cite news|title=Klart med stöd från Filminsitutet|url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1997-02-20/56|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=20 February 1997}}</ref> and released in January 1998.<ref>[https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=35064#release-dates Lisa hos tandläkaren], The Swedish Film Database</ref><ref>[https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=35063#release-dates Lisa på picknick], The Swedish Film Database</ref>

The series was aired on [[Sveriges Television|SVT]] beginning in 1999.<ref name="expressen1999">{{cite news |last1=Gohde |first1=Erika |title=Prisade vänner drack sig fulla. Men nu är Magnus figurer barnvänliga |work=[[Expressen]] |date=6 May 1999 |language=Swedish}}</ref> It also aired on [[KiKa|KIKA]] in Germany. In addition with English voices, it screened on [[Nick Jr. (UK)|Nick Jr.]] in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kidscreen.com/1999/08/01/26239-19990801/|title=Nick Jr. leads the preschool diginet race|work=Kidscreen|date=August 1, 1999}}</ref> and [[HBO Family]] in the US,<ref name="SvDJan02"/> as well as distributed internationally by [[Fox Kids]].<ref name="hd2000">{{cite news |title=Svensk barnfilm på export |work=[[Helsingborgs Dagblad]] |date=2 April 2000 |language=Swedish}}</ref> There were also some books made based on the series.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Magnus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gk6ntgAACAAJ |title=Lisa på maskerad |date=2000 |publisher=BonnierCarlsen |isbn=978-91-638-1753-3 |language=sv}}</ref><ref name="dn1998">{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/robin-hoppas-bli-hipp-i-hela-varlden/|last1=Persson |first1=Ann |title=Robin hoppas bli hipp i hela världen |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=5 January 1998 |language=Swedish}}</ref> The series was narrated by [[Gösta Ekman]].<ref name="gp1999">{{cite news |title=Lisa |work=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=21 November 1999 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

Carlsson left Happy Life for a few years after having co-founded the studio, but Happy Life went on to produce more episodes of ''Lisa'' without Carlsson's involvement nor approval. Carlsson then sued his former employer for copyright infringement, a lawsuit he won in arbitration by January 2002.<ref name="SvDJan02">{{cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/a/f2eb0bc2-fe4c-3ee5-8e34-046fc557ee1d/animator-far-ratt-till-lisa|title=Animatör får rätt till Lisa|work=Svenska Dagbladet|date=5 January 2002}}</ref>

The series focuses on Lisa, a title little girl lead who also serves as the narrator.<ref name="dn1998" /> She lives with her parents in a two-story house. Sometimes, she visits his dad's place of work and they walk around town. She likes to play with her parents and neighbours. Various children have playmates and play in her yard.

* '''Lisa''' is a little girl with curly, stringed hair and eyelashes.

* '''Mum and Dad''' are the parents of Lisa. She does the housework and often goes shopping with Lisa. He works at the other end of the city, but once vacationed on the Canary Islands, where he got very sunburnt.

* '''Aunt Wilson''' is Lisa's neighbour and aunt, she likes to play with Lisa.

* '''Uncle Wilson''' is Lisa's spectacled, half-bald, slim uncle, who lives in Lisa's flat next door.

==TV episodes==

| At the Shopping Centre

| Holger with Big Ears

| At the Dentist

| Goes On a Plane

| Paints The Bathroom

| Gets a Babysitter

| The Dinner Party

| The Fancy Dress Party

| Waving Club

| What Am I Going to Be When I Grow Up

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| 14

| The Painter

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| 15

| Picking Apples

[[Category:Swedish animated television series]]

[[Category:Television series by Mattel Television]]