Tove Jansson
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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Movies (37)
Comet in Moominland
2026 · Creator
The Summer Book
2025 · Novel
Moomin 80 - The Door Is Always Open
2024 · Original Concept
Comet in Moominland
2023 · Writer
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
2023 · Narrator (voice), Book
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
2023 · Narrator (voice), Book, Original Story
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley
2022 · Original Story
Snöbarnens julsagor
2022 · Book
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
2022 · Novel, Characters
Tove Jansson and the Moomins
2021
The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin
2020 · Self
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
2017 · Novel
Moomins on the Riviera
2014 · Original Story
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Moomins and the Comet Chase
2010 · Novel
Moomin and Midsummer Madness
2008 · Novel
From the Life of the Little Trolls
2008 · Short Story
The Leading Lady
2005 · Short Story
Tove and Tooti in Europe
2004 · Self
Haru, Island of the Solitary
1998 · Herself (archive footage), Writer
Hur gick det sen?
1994 · Narrator, Book
Travelling with Tove
1993 · Herself, Novel
Comet in Moominland
1992 · Novel
A Glimpse of Tove Jansson
1988 · Self
Winter in Moominland
1987 · Novel
The Happy Days of the Moomins
1985 · Novel
Tove and the Sea
1984 · Self, Writer, Modeling
Moomin Valley: Autumn is Coming to Moomin Valley
1983 · Novel
Moomin Valley: Summer in Moomin Valley
1981 · Novel
Moominvalley: It's All in the Bag
1980 · Novel
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
1980 · Book
Moomintroll and the Comet
1978 · Novel
Moomintroll and the Comet: The Way Home
1978 · Novel
Moomintroll and the Others
1978 · Novel
There are so many things you cannot understand
1970 · Self
Moomin and the Sea
1968 · Self
Untitled Animated Moomin Movie
· Original Story
TV shows (10)
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson
2026 · Narrator, Creator
Moominvalley
2019 · Original Story
Moomin
1990 · Original Story
The Moomins
1978 · Book
Mumindalen
1973 · Writer
New Moomin
1972 · Novel
Mumintrollet
1969 · Writer, Creator
Moomin
1969 · Original Story
Julkalendern
1960 · Creator
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Die Muminfamilie – Eine drollige Gesellschaft
1959 · Novel, Creator