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 naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books. Jansson's Moomin books have been translated into 33 languages.
Series
Books
Moominpappa's Memoirs
1950
The Moomin Colouring Book
2016
Moomins books - 6 books
The Finn Family Moomintroll pack
1900
Moomins
Moomintroll's Book of Thoughts
1994
Finn Family Moomintroll
1948
Sun City
1974
The Moomins The World Of Moominvalley
2017
Sculptor's Daughter
A Childhood Memoir
1968
The Listener
1971
Seikkailujen Muumilaakso
2012
The Summer Book
1972
Fair Play
1989
Notes from an Island
1996
Moomin and the Golden Leaf
2019
A Winter Book
2006
Moomin and the Ocean's Song
2016
Moomin
Little My and the Wild Wind
2023
Moomin and the Magic Hat
1992
The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree
1962
Letters from Klara
1991
Art in Nature
1978
Moomin and the Little Dragon
1993
Moominpappa at Sea
1965
Noveller
2017
Moomin's Little Book of Colours
2011
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy
2020
Moomin and the Little Ghost
2013
Moomintroll Sets Sail
2020
Moomin's Little Book of Numbers
2010
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
1960
Moomin and Snufkin
1993
The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley
2019
Moomin
The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 02
1977
The Curious Explorer's Guide to the Moominhouse
A Peep-Inside Book
2016
The Moomins and the Great Flood
1945
Moomin's Lift-The-Flap Hide and Seek
2010
Snufkin's Book of Thoughts
2006
Moomin's Little Book of Words
2010
Christmas Comes To Moominvalley
2018
Tales from Moominvalley
1962
Moomin and the Ice Festival
2018
Moomin
The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 01
1977
Moominsummer Madness
1954
Moomin Comfort Food
2019
Moomins Craft Book
2018
Moomin's Invisible Friend
1993
Travelling Light
1987
Love from the Moomins
2018
Moomin and the Wishing Star
2015
Moomin and Family Life
1955
Moominland Midwinter
1957
Muminki zebrane. Tom I
2021
The Woman Who Borrowed Memories
Selected Stories
2014
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My
1952
Moomin and the Brigands
1946
Moomin and the Spring Surprise
2020
The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters
1962
All About Moomin
2018
Moomintrolls and Friends
1996
Moomin and the Winter Snow
2011
The True Deceiver
1982
Moominvalley in November
1970
Comet in Moominland
1946
Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer
2014
Moomin and the Moonlight Adventure
2011
Everything About the Moomins
1945
Moomin and the Favourite Thing
2015
The Moomin ABC
An Illustrated Alphabet Book
2022
Letters from Tove
2014
Moomin and the Birthday Button
2010
