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by Tove Jansson

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Why would this book be translated from the Swedish? Written by a Finnish lady wouldn't she write in her language?

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James From the biography on Goodreads: "Tove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was p…moreFrom the biography on Goodreads: "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."(less)

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