Tove Jansson
Writer, Actor
9 September 1914 — 27 June 2001 (86 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | The Summer Book · as Novel |
| 2021 | The Exploits of Moominpappa · as Novel |
| 2017 | Moomins and the Winter Wonderland · as Novel |
| 2010 | Moomins and the Comet Chase · as Novel |
| 2008 | Moomin and Midsummer Madness · as Novel |
| 2006 | The Great Journey · as Novel |
| 1998 | |
| 1993 | Matkalla Toven kanssa · as Novel |
| 1992 | Comet in Moominland · as Novel |
| 1985 | Kunniallinen petkuttaja · as Novel |
| 1978 | Mumi-troll i kometa: Put domoy · as Novel |
| 1978 | Mumi-troll i kometa · as Novel |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | New Moomin · as Novel |
| 1969 | |
| 1959 | Augsburger Puppenkiste - Die Muminfamilie · as Novel |
| 2024 | The Summer Book · as Self |
| 2020 | Tove · as Self |
| 2012 | Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Mumins memoarer · as Self |
| 1998 | Haru: The Island of the Solitary · as Herself (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Matkalla Toven kanssa · as Herself |
| 1968 | Moomin and the Sea · as Self |
| 2023 | Who Will Comfort Toffle? · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | Hur gick det sen? · as Narrator |
| 2023 | Who Will Comfort Toffle? · as Book |
| 2022 | Comet in Moominland · as Based On A Book By |
| 2022 | Christmas Comes to Moominvalley · as Original Story |
| 2022 | Snøbarnas Juletime · as Book |
| 2019 | Moominvalley (2019) · as Original Story |
| 2014 | Moomins on the Riviera · as Original Story |
| 1998 | Haru: The Island of the Solitary · as Cinematographer |
| 1994 | Hur gick det sen? · as Book |
| 1993 | Matkalla Toven kanssa · as Cinematographer |
| 1990 | Moomin · as Original Story |
| 1980 | Who Will Comfort Toffle? · as Book |
| 1977 | The Moomins · as Book |
| 1969 | Moomin (1969) · as Original Story |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Book |