1. We have been reading at home
“The Hundred year old man who
climbed out of the window and
disappeared.”
By
Jonas Jonasson
Here is a map of the travels of
Allan Karlsson who is the hero
of the story

2. Allan’s travels before he climbed out of the window.
Dec 1947.Returned to Sweden.
1948 – 52 Kidnapped and taken to Soviet Union. Set To a prison in Siberia.
1953. Escaped to North Korea.
1953-1968. Lived in Bali. Spent most of the time sleeping on the beach.
1968-1982. Spying in Moscow for the Americans
1982-2/05/2005. Back home to Sweeden in an Old Peoples’ home. Climbed out of the window on his 100th
Birthday….
Born 2/05/1905 in Flen, Sweden. Left Sweden in 1936. Walked to Spain.
1936-39 Took part in Spanish Civil War, blowing up bridges.
1939-45. Went to America. Interred for 4 years. Worked on the first nuclear bomb.
1945.Went to China to take part in the civil war,blew up bridges .
1946-47Decided to go home. Walked over the Himalayas. Arrived in Tehran, Iran. Imprisoned for not having a passport.