Lovis is Mattis's wife and Ronja's mother. She keeps all of the robbers in line, even her own husband.
Biography[]
Lovis’s first appearance was Born in The Storm, where she was pregnant with Ronja. Soon she had her, during a big storm. Lovis is strict, but she loves her daughter very much. She can get very aggressive sometimes, such as when she yells at the Robbers. However, she is very caring and loving. She is in charge of cooking, cleaning, mending, etc., etc., etc. She also seems to be the secondary leader of the Robbers, after Mattis.
Physical Appearance[]
Lovis has pale skin and brown eyes. Her hair is reddish-brownish and is held back in two braids that stick straight with red ties. On the sides of her head, she has two big, gold medallion-looking hairclips. She has two strands of hair hanging off her head, with red and white ribbons twisting around them. She wears a White under-dress and dark blue tunic with pink trimming and two large gold medallions at the shoulders. She wears a red and green necklace with keys on it.
Personality[]
Lovis is rational and serene woman. She is the voice of reason and the calming presence in Mattis' Fort. Caring and pragmatic, she is a defacto mother-figure for all the members of the clan, save maybe Noddle-Pete. She frequently expresses disbelief and exasperation at the rowdy, boyish antics of the robbers.
In contrast with her counterpart Undis, Lovis is either against or indifferent to the feuding, choosing not to involve herself and litterally playing the neutral medic role. She tackles every situations calmly with a firm but kind attitude, only once losing her temper beyond control when Mattis captured Birk. Of all the characters (excluding Ronja) Lovis is the only person to treat Birk and regard his decisions and friendship with her daughter with respect (even his own parents do not do this), as well as respecting and trusting Ronja's maturity and decisions when the menfolk don't.
Trivia & notes[]
- The book Ronja the Robber's Daughter was written by Astrid Lingren, the same person who wrote Pippi Longstocking. So, the way Lovis wears her hair could be a reference to how Pippi Lonstocking wears her hair.