# Tommelilla — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Tommelilla in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Johan Pihl, Johanna, Johanna Pihl, little Johanna

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A schoolmaster's daughter who becomes a pivotal figure in Pelle's early life.

## Relationships

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_friendship_

Tommelilla is a small, wise friend of Pelle, often offering guidance and companionship.

### [Morten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/morten)

_friendship_

Morten and Tommelilla share a friendly bond as part of Pelle's circle of companions.

### [Morten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/morten)

_friendship_

Morten and Tommelilla share a friendly bond as part of Pelle's circle of companions.

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_friendship_

Tommelilla is a small, wise friend of Pelle, often offering guidance and companionship.

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_friendship_

Tommelilla is a small, wise friend of Pelle, often offering guidance and companionship.

### [Morten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/morten)

_friendship_

Morten and Tommelilla share a friendly bond as part of Pelle's circle of companions.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced as the place where Lasse would go to get merry, highlighting the local social scene.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iii)

Johanna is now a coarse, indifferent woman who rejects her mother's hymnbook and shows little regard for Lasse or her past.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iv)

Referred to as Johanna, a young girl rescued by Morten from a life of abuse and exploitation.

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xii)

Ill and capricious, she is offered a stay with Pelle's family but is reluctant to leave Morten.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xiv)

Johanna (Tommelilla) is gravely ill, cared for by Ellen and visited by Brun, but ultimately dies.

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