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Tove Jansson
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 Christi…
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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 stories and articles for publication, as well as creating the graphics for book covers and other purposes. She continued to work as an artist for the rest of her life, alongside her writing. Jansson is best known as the author of the Moomin books for children. The first such book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, appeared in 1945, though it was the next two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, that brought her fame. Starting with the semi-autobiographical Bildhuggarens dotter (Sculptor's Daughter) in 1968, she wrote six novels and five books of short stories for adults.
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2026
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson
TV show Narrator
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2026
Comet in Moominland
Movie Creator
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2025
The Summer Book
Movie Novel
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2024
Moomin 80 - The Door Is Always Open
Movie Original Concept
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2023
Comet in Moominland
Movie Writer
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2023
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2023
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2022
Snöbarnens julsagor
Movie Book
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2022
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley
Movie Original Story
- 2022
- 2021
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2020
The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin
Movie Self
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2019
Moominvalley
TV show Original Story
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2017
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
Movie Novel
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2014
Moomins on the Riviera
Movie Original Story
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2012
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Moomins and the Comet Chase
Movie Novel
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2008
Moomin and Midsummer Madness
Movie Novel
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2008
From the Life of the Little Trolls
Movie Short Story
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2005
The Leading Lady
Movie Short Story
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2004
Tove and Tooti in Europe
Movie Self
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1998
Haru, Island of the Solitary
Movie Herself (archive footage)
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1994
Hur gick det sen?
Movie Narrator
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1993
Travelling with Tove
Movie Herself
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1992
Comet in Moominland
Movie Novel
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1990
Moomin
TV show Original Story
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1988
A Glimpse of Tove Jansson
Movie Self
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1987
Winter in Moominland
Movie Novel
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1985
The Happy Days of the Moomins
Movie Novel
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1984
Tove and the Sea
Movie Self
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1983
Moomin Valley: Autumn is Coming to Moomin Valley
Movie Novel
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1981
Moomin Valley: Summer in Moomin Valley
Movie Novel
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1980
Moominvalley: It's All in the Bag
Movie Novel
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1980
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
Movie Book
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1978
The Moomins
TV show Book
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1978
Moomintroll and the Comet: The Way Home
Movie Novel
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1978
Moomintroll and the Comet
Movie Novel
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1978
Moomintroll and the Others
Movie Novel
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1973
Mumindalen
TV show Writer
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1972
New Moomin
TV show Novel
