Where is Tove Jansson now? Salary, Height, Parents, Relationship



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Tove Jansson was born on 9 August 1914 in Helsinki, Finland, to Viktor Jansson, a sculptor, and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, a graphic designer and illustrator. She had a younger brother, Lars Jansson, who also became a cartoonist.

Hello from #moomin !! #formex #Tove100 pic.twitter.com/gVGpZc46XH

— Tove Jansson (@ToveJansson1914) August 15, 2013

She was educated at the University of Helsinki, where she studied art from 1932 to 1938.

She began her career as a cartoonist in the Finnish satirical magazine Suomi in 1933. Her first comic strip, The Moomins, appeared in the magazine in 1945.

The Moomins became hugely popular, and Jansson went on to write and illustrate a series of books about them.

She also wrote and illustrated several other books for children, including The Summer Book (1972) and The True Deceiver (1982).

Moomin Characters and Bulls Licensing report record revenues http://t.co/QBxOmgpnJ6 pic.twitter.com/0upGBHPen5

— Tove Jansson (@ToveJansson1914) October 12, 2015

Jansson won many awards for her work, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1966 and the Finlandia Prize in 1979.

She died on 27 June 2001, at the age of 86.

Tove Jansson was a Finnish writer and artist who is best known for her series of books about the Moomins. She was born on 9 August 1914 in Helsinki, Finland, to Viktor Jansson, a sculptor, and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, a graphic designer and illustrator. She had a younger brother, Lars Jansson, who also became a cartoonist.

She was educated at the University of Helsinki, where she studied art from 1932 to 1938.

Listen to Tove Jansson read her books in Swedish, find the links here : https://t.co/zS26DK57Q6 <3

— Tove Jansson (@ToveJansson1914) March 29, 2017

She began her career as a cartoonist in the Finnish satirical magazine Suomi in 1933. Her first comic strip, The Moomins, appeared in the magazine in 1945.

The Moomins became hugely popular, and Jansson went on to write and illustrate a series of books about them.

She also wrote and illustrated several other books for children, including The Summer Book (1972) and The True Deceiver (1982).

Jansson won many awards for her work, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1966 and the Finlandia Prize in 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRfrpKeDU0

She died on 27 June 2001, at the age of 86.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia