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    Biography Tove Jansson’s vibrant life
    Tove Jansson’s vibrant life
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    Gallery Tove Jansson’s invaluable artistic treasure
    Tove Jansson’s invaluable artistic treasure
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    Tovepedia Facts about Tove Jansson
    Facts about Tove Jansson
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    Books Tove Jansson's literary production
    Tove Jansson's literary production
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    People Family, friends and lovers
    Family, friends and lovers
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    Places (Coming)
    (Coming)
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    News and treasures from the archives
    and treasures from the archives
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19.3.2025

Women breaking boundaries – Tove Jansson and Maire Gullichsen as innovators of Finnish art and culture

News

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10.3.2025

What does a life sound like? Tove Jansson and her music

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11.2.2025

Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä’s incredible, unknown cassette collection

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18.12.2024

“Why should we eat so horribly much just because it is Christmas” – Tove Jansson’s relation to Christmas food

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24.10.2024

80 years of Moomin – Explore the places that inspired Moominvalley

Tove Jansson HAM
23.10.2024

Exhibition at HAM sheds new light on Tove Jansson’s murals

Tove Jansson pakkaaminen klovharu
20.9.2024

From the secluded peace of Klovharu back to the hustle and bustle of Helsinki – see films

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6.9.2024

The Summer Book film – trailer and interview with the director Charlie McDowell

Tove Jansson Klovharun wreath
30.7.2024

Tove through Tuulikki’s lens – see videos from the island Klovharun

Tove Jansson alttaritaulu Teuva
1.7.2024

Tove Jansson’s only altarpiece inspires opera

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20.6.2024

Tove Jansson’s iconic flower wreath – how a photoshoot inspired a birthday tradition

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17.5.2024

Tove Jansson’s Paris travels – part 2

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16.12.2023

Tove Jansson’s mother in a unique interview from 1922: “It would be terrible not to have your own money”

Signe Hammarsten Jansson Lucia
13.12.2023

Christmas celebration with Lucia in the Jansson family

Tove Jansson's Paris studies
28.9.2023

Tove Jansson’s Paris Part 1: Studies and dreams

Houses of Tove Jansson exhibition Paris
27.9.2023

Houses of Tove Jansson exhibition in Paris shows Jansson’s work in dialogue with contemporary artists

Tove Jansson exhibition in Oslo by Tegnerforbundet, The Norwegian Drawing Center, 2023
21.6.2023

A fearless artist in constant renewal – Tove Jansson exhibition in Oslo by The Norwegian Drawing Center

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23.2.2023

“For me it was an adventure to illustrate J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit” – all you need to know about Tove Janssons criticised illustrations

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11.1.2023

Museum collects letters by Tove Jansson – do you have one?

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20.12.2022

Christmas cards by Tove Jansson

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10.10.2022

Moomin theatre – from headless trolls to 100 puppets on stage

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7.9.2022

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My video documentary celebrates 70 year old classic

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12.8.2022

Tove Jansson transported her 5,5 meter long maritime murals on a bus to Hamina

Tove and Lars Jansson on her 75th birthday.
9.8.2022

Tove Jansson’s birthday – a cheerful summer party in the archipelago

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8.7.2022

Video: Sophia Jansson about Tove Jansson’s the Summer Book

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21.6.2022

Inspiring The Summer Book quotes – the iconic novel is out in beautiful 50th anniversary edition

Tove Festival in Tampere
30.5.2022

Tove Festivals in Reykjavik and Tampere – tickets out now!

Tove Jansson playing the accordion. Photo: Per-Olov Jansson.
5.4.2022

Tove Jansson’s hidden song lyrics finally out in the open

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25.3.2022

Tove Jansson’s queer literature – “A relationship like this is radical”

Alma Pöysti, Tove film. Photo Tommy Hynynen
24.2.2022

Watch the award-winning film “Tove” – screenings & streaming around world

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24.2.2022

How I imagine Tove Jansson. On writing the biography for this site

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