Memorial plaque to Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was a Finnish Swedish-speaking novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author, who is principally known as the author of the Moomin books - stories for children that feature Jansson's creations, the Moomins. They are a family of trolls who are white, plump and have large snouts. The first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, was written in 1945. Although To ...