Timeline Category: Life
First major exhibition at Tampere Art Museum
The first major exhibition at the Tampere Art Museum.
Summer book published
The Summer Book, one of Jansson’s most beloved adult novels, is published.
H.C. Andersen Medal
Tove Jansson is awarded the H.C. Andersen Medal for children’s literature.
Alice in Wonderland in Swedish
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is published in Swedish with Tove Jansson’s illustrations.
Starts building Klovharun
Starts building a summer cottage on the island of Klovharun in the Pellinge archipelago.
Aurora Moomin murals
Creates the Moomin murals at the Aurora Children’s Hospital in Helsinki.
Gets to know Tuulikki
Gets to know graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, who becomes her life partner.
Frescoes to city hall
Paints the frescoes Party in the City and Party in the Country, in the City Hall cellar in Helsinki.
Finnish Art Society drawing school
Studies at the Finnish Art Society’s drawing school (Ateneum).
Sara och Pelle (En)
First picture book Sara och Pelle och Neckens bläckfiskar is published in Sweden under the pseudonym of Vera Haij.
Ham’s interview in a feminist magazine
Ham is interviewed in a feminist magazine about being a working mother, the cover shows mother and daughter.
Drawing as a four year old
The drawing God with Adam and Eve in Paradise, by four-year-old Tove.
Birth
Born on 9 August in Helsinki to sculptor Viktor “Faffan” Jansson and artist Signe “Ham” Hammarsten Jansson.
Jansson family Luotsikatu
The Jansson family lives on Luotsikatu in Katajanokka, Helsinki.
1914 – Birth
Born on 9 August in Helsinki to sculptor Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, a Swedish-born illustrator.