Tove and Lars Jansson in Tove’s studio

Author and artist Tove Jansson together with her brother Lars Jansson. In 1958, Tove asked Lars to help her with the Moomin comic strip which had first appeared in the Evening News paper in 1954. He continued the work on his own from 1961 to 1974.

Explore more of Tove Jansson’s art and legacy on tovejansson.com.

Photo by Per Olov Jansson