Friedrich Nietzsche is primarily famous, or infamous, for two things: His statement “God is dead” and his idea of a future “overhuman” (Übermensch). It is the latter idea that is the focus of this essay. By pointing to a series of illuminative similarities between Friedrich Nietzsche’s 19th century portrayal of an imagined forthcoming human ideal and Astrid Lindgren’s 20th century fictional character Pippi Longstocking, a literary parallelism will be presented throughout the essay. The intended purpose is to rectify the image of both Friedrich Nietzsche and his overhuman. Whether or not this also has a bearing on the impression of Pippi is an open question, but it is crucial to emphasize that it is not Pippi’s physical strength, perhaps her most prominent attribute, which makes her an overhuman. Instead, Pippi is an overhuman in her approach to life and in her life-affirming actions. It is worth pointing out that Astrid Lindgren herself, in a letter accompanying the first Pippi manuscript, indeed characterized her own creation as an overhuman: “Pippi Longstocking is, as you will find if you take the trouble to read the manuscript, a little Übermensch in the shape of a child.”