20.11.2024
engagement
7.2.1913 The engagement announcement of the parents, sculptor Viktor “Faffan” Jansson and artist Signe “Ham” Hammarsten is published in a…
Timeline Category: Highlights
11.11.2024
Per Olov is born
Brother Per Olov Jansson is born in Helsinki on 22nd April 1920. Per Olov makes his career as a photographer…
11.11.2024
Lars is born
Brother Lars Jansson is born in Helsinki on 8th October 1926 and later plays a major role in the continuation…
15.11.2023
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.
15.11.2023
First major exhibition at Tampere Art Museum
The first major Moomin exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum.
15.11.2023
Moomin Opera
Muumi Ooppera (Moomin Opera), composed by Ilkka Kuusisto, premieres at the Finnish National Opera.
15.11.2023
Summer book published
The Summer Book, one of Jansson’s most beloved adult novels, is published.
15.11.2023
The last Moomin(En)
The last Moomin novel Sent i november (Moominvalley in November) is published.
15.11.2023
Sculptor’s Daug(En)
First adult novel, Bildhuggarens dotter (Sculptor’s Daughter), is published.
15.11.2023
H.C. Andersen Medal
Tove Jansson is awarded the H.C. Andersen Medal for children’s literature.
15.11.2023
Starts building Klovharun
Starts building a summer cottage on the island of Klovharun in the Pellinge archipelago.
15.11.2023
Bilbo, en Hobbits äventyr published in Swedish
J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, is published in Swedish with Tove Jansson’s illustrations.
15.11.2023
Lars Jansson draws the Moomin comic strip
Brother Lars continues Tove’s work as a cartoonist and scriptwriter for the Moomin comic, having helped his sister for a…
15.11.2023
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.
15.11.2023
Gets to know Tuulikki
Gets to know graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, who becomes her life partner.
15.11.2023
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…
15.11.2023
London’s The Evening News starts to publish the Moomin comic strip
The world’s largest newspaper – London’s Evening News – starts to publish Tove’s Moomin comic.
15.11.2023
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…
15.11.2023
The first Moomi(En)
Finn Family Moomintroll is the first Moomin book translated into English.
15.11.2023
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.
15.11.2023
Frescoes to city hall
Paints the frescoes Party in the City and Party in the Countryside, in the City Hall restaurant in Helsinki.
15.11.2023
The first Moomi(En)
The first Moomin story Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (The Moomins and the Great Flood) is published.
15.11.2023
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.
15.11.2023
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).
15.11.2023
Birth
Tove Jansson is born on 9 August in Helsinki, the first child of Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten Jansson.