# Heidi — Character guide

> Key figures in Heidi by Johanna Spyri.

- [Heidi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/heidi.md): An orphaned girl who goes to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
- [Peter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/peter.md): The young goatherd who becomes Heidi's friend on the mountain pasture.
- [Clara Sesemann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/clara_sesemann.md): A wealthy, wheelchair-bound girl who befriends Heidi in Frankfurt.
- [Mr. Sesemann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/mr_sesemann.md): Clara's father, a wealthy businessman who travels frequently.
- [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/the_doctor.md): The kind family doctor who cares for Clara and later Heidi.
- [Deta](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/deta.md): Heidi's aunt who brings her to the Alm-Uncle and later places her in Frankfurt.
- [Miss Rottenmeier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/miss_rottenmeier.md): The strict, anxious housekeeper of the Sesemann household.
- [Sebastian](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/sebastian.md): The loyal servant in the Sesemann house who helps Heidi.
- [Brigida](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/brigida.md): Peter's mother who lives in the village below the Alm.
- [Mrs. Sesemann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/mrs_sesemann.md): Clara's late mother, mentioned but not appearing in scenes.
- [Grandmama](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/grandmama.md): Mr. Sesemann's mother, a kind and wise woman who visits Clara.
- [Adelheid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/adelheid.md): Heidi's late mother, mentioned in backstory.
- [Schwänli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/schwanli.md): One of the two goats Heidi cares for on the Alm.
- [Grandmother](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/grandmother.md): Peter's blind grandmother who lives in the hut and loves Heidi's visits.
- [Mr. Candidate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/mr_candidate.md): A young tutor who teaches Clara and Heidi in Frankfurt.
- [Thistlefinch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/thistlefinch.md): A goat owned by Peter, known for its mischievous behavior.
- [Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/grandfather.md): Heidi's reclusive grandfather who lives on the mountain.
- [Bärli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/barli.md): One of the two goats Heidi cares for on the Alm.
- [Snowhopper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/snowhopper.md): A small goat that Heidi befriends on the Alm.
- [Tobias](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/tobias.md): Heidi's late father, mentioned in backstory.
- [Papa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heidi_se/characters/papa.md): Clara's affectionate term for her father Mr. Sesemann.

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