Tove Jansson
Writing
1914-09-09 · 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 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.
Filmography
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson
2026 · Series
Comet in Moominland
2026 · Movie
The Summer Book
2025 · Movie
Moomin 80 - The Door Is Always Open
2024 · Movie
Comet in Moominland
2023 · Movie
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
2023 · Movie
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
2023 · Movie
Snöbarnens julsagor
2022 · Movie
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley
2022 · Movie
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
2022 · Movie
Tove Jansson and the Moomins
2021 · Movie
The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin
2020 · Movie
Moominvalley
2019 · Series
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
2017 · Movie
Moomins on the Riviera
2014 · Movie
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
2012 · Movie
Moomins and the Comet Chase
2010 · Movie
Moomin and Midsummer Madness
2008 · Movie
From the Life of the Little Trolls
2008 · Movie
The Leading Lady
2005 · Movie
Tove and Tooti in Europe
2004 · Movie
Haru, Island of the Solitary
1998 · Movie
Hur gick det sen?
1994 · Movie
Travelling with Tove
1993 · Movie
Comet in Moominland
1992 · Movie
Moomin
1990 · Series
A Glimpse of Tove Jansson
1988 · Movie
Winter in Moominland
1987 · Movie
The Happy Days of the Moomins
1985 · Movie
Tove and the Sea
1984 · Movie
Moomin Valley: Autumn is Coming to Moomin Valley
1983 · Movie
Moomin Valley: Summer in Moomin Valley
1981 · Movie
Moominvalley: It's All in the Bag
1980 · Movie
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
1980 · Movie
The Moomins
1978 · Series
Moomintroll and the Comet
1978 · Movie
Moomintroll and the Comet: The Way Home
1978 · Movie
Moomintroll and the Others
1978 · Movie
Mumindalen
1973 · Series
New Moomin
1972 · Series
There are so many things you cannot understand
1970 · Movie
Mumintrollet
1969 · Series
Moomin
1969 · Series
Moomin and the Sea
1968 · Movie
Julkalendern
1960 · Series
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Die Muminfamilie – Eine drollige Gesellschaft
1959 · Series
Untitled Animated Moomin Movie
Movie