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Tove Jansson

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Tove Jansson

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Also known as Tove Marika Jansson, Tove M. Jansson

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

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Tove Jansson (1914–2001) was a Finnish painter, writer, illustrator, and children's writer. Born in Helsingborg, Helsinki, she was a citizen of Finland and the Grand Duchy of Finland. Her notable works include the Moomin comic strips and the Moomins. She received several honors, including the Selma Lagerlöf Prize, the Order of the Smile, the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Jansson was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki and Konstfack. Her parents were Signe Hammarsten-Jansson and Viktor Jansson, and she had siblings Lars Jansson and Per Olov Jansson. She was the unmarried partner of Tuulikki Pietilä, Atos Wirtanen, and Vivica Bandler. Jansson died of natural causes in Helsinki and was buried in Hietaniemi cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
9 August 1914
Died
27 June 2001
Works
340

Top works

  • My First Moomin: The Special Gift
  • In the Theatre
  • Moomin Baby: Peekaboo
  • Il libro dell'estate
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Film & TV

Helsinki, Finland

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and then Paris. Her first solo art exhibition was in 1943. At the same time, she was writing short…

Known for

  • Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson — Narrator2026
  • Who Will Comfort Toffle? — Narrator (voice)2023
  • The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My — Narrator (voice)2023
  • Tove Jansson and the Moomins2021
  • The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin — Self2020
  • Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Tove and Tooti in Europe — Self2004
  • Haru, Island of the Solitary — Herself (archive footage)1998
  • Hur gick det sen? — Narrator1994
  • Travelling with Tove — Herself1993

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Tove
Gender
female
Citizenship
Grand Duchy of Finland
Place of birth
Helsinki
Place of death
Helsinki
Father
Viktor Jansson
Mother
Signe Hammarsten-Jansson
Sibling
Per Olov Jansson
Occupation
draftsperson
Educated at
Konstfack
Languages spoken
Finnish
Native language
Swedish
Notable work
Moomins
Field of work
young adult literature
Genre
portrait painting
Image
Tove Jansson 1956b.jpg
Number of children
0
Work location
Helsinki
Residence
Kaartinkaupunki
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Category:Tove Jansson
Commons category
Tove Jansson
date of birth
1914-08-09
date of death
2001-06-27
unmarried partner
Vivica Bandler
place of burial
Hietaniemi cemetery
birth name
Tove Marika Jansson
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Tove Jansson
cause of death
lung cancer
owner of
Klovharun
start of work period
1928-00-00
end of work period
1998-00-00
has works in the collection
Huis van het boek
sexual orientation
lesbianism
writing language
Swedish
pseudonym
Vera Haij
name
Jansson, Tove
P12674
Helmut Brandt
P12749
Haplochrois
ethnic group
Finland Swedes
significant person
Atos Wirtanen
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Encyclopedic overview

Tove Marika Jansson ( Finland Swedish: [ˈtuːve ˈjɑːnsːon] ; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Finland- Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, her mother an illustrator and postage stamp designer, her father a sculptor, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.

Jansson wrote the Moomin novel series for children, starting with the 1945 The Moomins and the Great Flood. The following two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, were highly successful, and sales of the first book increased correspondingly. For her work as a children's author she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966; among her many later awards was the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1992. Her Moomin stories have been adapted for the theatre, the cinema, and as an opera.

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