Timeline Category: Highlights
Japanese Telecable Moomin animations
The highly popular Japanese-Finnish animation series Moomin is released in 104 episodes. It is sold to more than 60 countries.
First major exhibition at Tampere Art Museum
The first major exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum.
Moomin Opera
Muumi Ooppera (Moomin Opera), composed by Ilkka Kuusisto, premieres at the Finnish National Opera.
Summer book published
The Summer Book, one of Jansson’s most beloved adult novels, is published.
The last Moomin(En)
The last Moomin novel Sent i november (Moominvalley in November) is published.
Sculptor’s Daug(En)
First adult novel, Bildhuggarens dotter (Sculptor’s Daughter), is published.
H.C. Andersen Medal
Tove Jansson is awarded the H.C. Andersen Medal for children’s literature.
Starts building Klovharun
Starts building a summer cottage on the island of Klovharun in the Pellinge archipelago.
Bilbo, en Hobbits äventyr published in Swedish
J. R. R. Tolkien’s Bilbo, en Hobbits äventyr, is published in Swedish with Tove Jansson’s illustrations.
Lars Jansson draws the Moomin comic strip
Tove Jansson’s brother Lars Jansson takes over the creation of the Moomin comic.
The second Moomin play, Troll i kulisserna
The legendary Moomin play Troll i kulisserna, premieres at Lilla Teatern in Helsinki and tours around the Nordics.
Gets to know Tuulikki
Gets to know graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, who becomes her life partner.
The first Moomin products come onto the market
The first Moomin products are launched: Fauni Moomin dolls and other Moomin products are sold at Stockmann department store in…
London’s The Evening News starts to publish the Moomin comic strip
The world’s largest newspaper – London’s Evening News – starts to publish a Moomin comic. It continues until 1975.
The Book about (En)
The ground-breaking picture book Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och Lilla My (The Book about Moomin, Mymble…
The first Moomi(En)
Finn Family Moomintroll is the first Moomin book translated into English.
Comet in Mooominland (Mumintrollet och kometen) theatre play
The first Moomin play Mumintrollet och kometen (Comet in Moominland) premieres at Helsinki’s Swedish Theatre directed by Vivica Bandler.
Frescoes to city hall
Paints the frescoes Party in the City and Party in the Country, in the City Hall cellar in Helsinki.
The first Moomi(En)
The first Moomin story Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (The Moomins and the Great Flood) is published.
The first Moomin figure on the wall of an outhouse
Draws the first Moomin-like figure, Snork, on an outhouse wall in the Pellinge archipelago in the 1930s.
The first illustrations in Allas Krönika and Julen
Tove Jansson’s illustrations are published for the first time (in the magazines Allas Krönika and Julen).
Birth
Born on 9 August in Helsinki to sculptor Viktor “Faffan” Jansson and artist Signe “Ham” Hammarsten Jansson.
1914 – Birth
Born on 9 August in Helsinki to sculptor Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, a Swedish-born illustrator.