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Tove Jansson

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born
in Helsinki, Finland
August 09, 1914

died
June 27, 2001

gender
female

genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy


About this author

Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.

Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.

Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naïve and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.

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Tove Jansson's Books

Average rating: 4.25 · 27,491 ratings · 1,979 reviews · 138 distinct works · Similar authors
Finn Family Moomintroll (Th...
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3,117 ratings — published 1948 — 56 editions
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Moominsummer Madness (The M...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 2,526 ratings — published 1954 — 37 editions
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The Summer Book
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,613 ratings — published 1972 — 36 editions
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Comet in Moominland (The Mo...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 2,592 ratings — published 1946 — 47 editions
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Moominland Midwinter (The M...
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — published 1957 — 43 editions
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The Moomins and the Great F...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,711 ratings — published 1945 — 18 editions
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Moominpappa at Sea (The Moo...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,733 ratings — published 1965 — 36 editions
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Moominvalley in November (T...
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4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 1,537 ratings — published 1970 — 32 editions
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Moomin, Vol. 1
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,289 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions
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Tales from Moominvalley (Th...
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Series by Tove Jansson

The Moomins and the Great F... Comet in Moominland Finn Family Moomintroll Moominpappa's Memoirs Moominsummer Madness Moominland Midwinter Tales from Moominvalley
The Moomins (9 books)
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4.274058115125401 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 18,102 ratings
Who Will Comfort Toffle? Moomin And Little Dragon Moomin And Snufkin Moomin and the Birthday Button Finn Family Moomintroll Moomin and the Moonlight Ad...
Moomin Picture Books (23 books)
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4.321058688147295 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 4,345 ratings
Moomin, Vol. 1 Moomin, Vol. 2 Moomin, Vol. 3 Moomin, Vol. 4 Moomin, Vol. 5
Moomins Comic Strip (8 books)
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4.392395717977113 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 2,709 ratings

Quotes by Tove Jansson

“One summer morning at sunrise a long time ago
I met a little girl with a book under her arm.
I asked her why she was out so early and
she answered that there were too many books and
far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.”
― Tove Jansson
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“I ONLY WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND PLANT POTATOES AND DREAM!”
― Tove Jansson, Moomin, Vol. 1
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“You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.”
― Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley
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