Tove Jansson
Writing · Novel · Book · Writer
Born Sep 9, 1914 · Helsinki, Finland
Active 1959–2001 · Awards: Selma Lagerlöf Prize, Order of the Smile, Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Swedish Academy Finland Prize, Karl Emil Tollander Prize, Anni Swan Medal, Mårbacka Award
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.
Filmography
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson (2026) — Narrator · CreatorUntitled Animated Moomin Movie — Original StoryComet in Moominland (2026) — CreatorMoomin (1990) — Original StoryComet in Moominland (1992) — NovelThe Summer Book (2025) — NovelMoominvalley (2019) — Original StoryThe Happy Days of the Moomins (1985) — NovelSnöbarnens julsagor (2022) — BookMumindalen (1973) — WriterMoomins on the Riviera (2014) — Original StoryThe Moomins (1978) — BookJulkalendern (1960) — CreatorWho Will Comfort Toffle? (1980) — BookHur gick det sen? (1994) — Narrator · BookWinter in Moominland (1987) — NovelMoomin and Midsummer Madness (2008) — NovelMumintrollet (1969) — Writer · CreatorHaru, Island of the Solitary (1998) — WriterMoomins and the Comet Chase (2010) — NovelThe Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin (2022) — Novel · CharactersMoomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017) — NovelMoomin (1969) — Original StoryTove and the Sea (1984) — Writer · Modeling