When one thinks of Moomins one imagines innocent, hippo-like creatures with saucer eyes and soft snouts — not boozy parties, free love and illicit bohemian bonk

Tove Jansson - ARKET SE

Comet in Moominland . 1946. Discover tovejansson.com, the most extensive website dedicated to the life, art, and legacy of Finnish artist Tove Jansson.

Tove Jansson (1951)

Moomin comic strip sketches . 1954-1955. Discover tovejansson.com, the most extensive website dedicated to the life, art, and legacy of Finnish artist Tove Jansson.

Which is about the adventures of writer and artist Tove Jansson’s career, including the creation of the world-renowned Moomin characters.

In addition to the Moomins, the artist Tove Jansson made herself known for her murals and works in large public spaces from the 1940s onwards.

The creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, forged a friendship across time and space with Lewis Carroll in her wonderland illustrations

It’s extraordinary to realise that the very first Moomin book, published in Swedish in 1945, was not translated into English until 1991. Even then, it was issued by a Scandinavian publisher, never by a British company. In truth this is very much an early book. The story seems a little like a draft for something not quite resolved, although it does enlighten the Moomin reader on certain points. In later books references are made to a great flood as well as a nasty incident involving…

I hope you know Moomins from your childhood! It was a surprise to me, when I was told that the writer of the book - Tove Marika Jansson