Creator of Moomin Valley
Tove Jansson is one of the most famous Finnish artists of all time. Tove’s work appears in many different forms, as well as author, artist and cartoonist. Best known as the creator of our friends the Moomins. The Moomin stories have been published as novels, picture books, comics and have been translated into approximately 50 different languages.
In addition to her Moomin books, Tove wrote 12 other novels and short stories. Tove has been praised as a writer who skilfully combined and used different genres of literature such as prose, fairy tales, fantasy, adventure, memoir as well as dramatic stories.