Tove Jansson

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Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish author, illustrator, and artist best known as the creator of the beloved Moomin series of books and comics.

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Tove Jansson canonical 23
Lars Jansson’s sister Tove Jansson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist
author
comic strip creator
human
illustrator
awardReceived Hans Christian Andersen Award
Order of the Lion of Finland
birthDate 1914-08-09
birthPlace Grand Duchy of Finland
Helsinki
countryOfCitizenship Finland
deathDate 2001-06-27
deathPlace Helsinki
educatedAt Ateneum School of Art
University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
École des Beaux-Arts
ethnicGroup Swedish-speaking Finns
familyName Jansson
fieldOfWork children's literature
illustration
painting
genre children's literature
fantasy literature
givenName Tove
hasWorkAdaptedTo animation
television
theatre
influenced Nordic children's literature
languageOfWorkOrName Swedish
movement modernism
name Tove Jansson self-link
nativeLanguage Swedish
notableWork Moomin
surface form: Comet in Moominland

Moomin
surface form: Finn Family Moomintroll

Moomin
Moomin
surface form: Moomin comic strip

Moomin
surface form: Moominland Midwinter

Moomin
surface form: Moominpappa at Sea

Moomin
surface form: Moominsummer Madness

Moomin
surface form: Moominvalley in November

Moomin
surface form: Tales from Moominvalley

Moomin
surface form: The Moomins and the Great Flood
occupation cartoonist
children's writer
illustrator
novelist
painter
writer
parent Signe Hammarsten-Jansson
Viktor Jansson
partner Tuulikki Pietilä
residence Helsinki
Pellinge archipelago
sexualOrientation lesbian
sibling Lars Jansson

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Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki notableBurial Tove Jansson
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
Tove Jansson name Tove Jansson self-link
Tove hasNotableBearer Tove Jansson
Jansson hasNotableBearer Tove Jansson
Jansson child Tove Jansson
subject surface form: Viktor Jansson
Jansson sibling Tove Jansson
subject surface form: Lars Jansson
Moomin creator Tove Jansson
Ateneum School of Art notableAlumni Tove Jansson
Viktor Jansson child Tove Jansson
Viktor Jansson relative Tove Jansson
Signe Hammarsten-Jansson motherOf Tove Jansson
Tuulikki Pietilä partner Tove Jansson
Tuulikki Pietilä creativePartner Tove Jansson
Tuulikki Pietilä collaboratedWith Tove Jansson
Pellinge archipelago associatedWith Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson sibling Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson sibling Tove Jansson
this entity surface form: Lars Jansson’s sister Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson collaboratedWith Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson continuedWorkOf Tove Jansson
Lars Jansson influencedBy Tove Jansson