Tove Jansson
Writing
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 pu...
Known For
Haru, Island of the Solitary
Herself (archive footage)
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
Self (archive footage)
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson
Narrator
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
Narrator (voice)
Tove and the Sea
Self
Tove and Tooti in Europe
Self
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
Narrator (voice)
Moomin and the Sea
Self
Filmography
Kometen kommer - uppläst och illustrerad av Tove Jansson
2026
as Narrator
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Tove Jansson and the Moomins
2021
The Complete Amateur's Guide to Moomin
2020
as Self
Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Tove and Tooti in Europe
2004
as Self
Haru, Island of the Solitary
1998
as Herself (archive footage)
Hur gick det sen?
1994
as Narrator
Travelling with Tove
1993
as Herself
A Glimpse of Tove Jansson
1988
as Self
Tove and the Sea
1984
as Self
There are so many things you cannot understand
1970
as Self
Moomin and the Sea
1968
as Self