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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
A native of [[Helsinki]], Jansson was the son of a sculptor, [[Viktor Jansson]], and a Swedish-born illustrator, [[Signe Hammarsten-Jansson]]. His siblings included an older sister, writer [[Tove Jansson]], and an older brother, photographer [[Per Olov Jansson]]. In 1957, he began working with his sister on the writing of the | A native of [[Helsinki]], Jansson was the son of a sculptor, [[Viktor Jansson]], and a Swedish-born illustrator, [[Signe Hammarsten-Jansson]]. His siblings included an older sister, writer [[Tove Jansson]], and an older brother, photographer [[Per Olov Jansson]]. In 1957, he began working with his sister on the writing of the [[Moomin comic strips|''Moomin'' comic strip]], which he produced single-handedly from 1960 to 1975. Between 1990 and 1992, Jansson worked with [[Dennis Livson]] to develop the concept of the [[Moomin (1990 TV series)|''Moomin'' animated series]] in Japan. His daughter, [[Sophia Jansson|Sophia]], worked together with him in 1993 to help manage the production of a new series of Moomin strips which Sophia now manages solely.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytid.fi/arkiv/artikelnt-684-1577.html |title=När Mumin erövrade världen | author=Ånger, Maria | website=Ny Tid | date=1 December 2000 | access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927073203/http://www.nytid.fi/arkiv/artikelnt-684-1577.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="designforum.fi suorttivuorio">{{cite web|last=Suortti-Vuorio|first=Auli|title=Tove Jansson|url=http://www.designforum.fi/tove_jansson_en|work=Design Forum Finland website|publisher=designforum.fi|accessdate=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224108/http://www.designforum.fi/tove_jansson_en|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Template:Use dmy dates Lars Fredrik Jansson (8 October 1926, Helsinki – 31 July 2000, Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author and cartoonist.[1]
Early life
A native of Helsinki, Jansson was the son of a sculptor, Viktor Jansson, and a Swedish-born illustrator, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson. His siblings included an older sister, writer Tove Jansson, and an older brother, photographer Per Olov Jansson. In 1957, he began working with his sister on the writing of the Moomin comic strip, which he produced single-handedly from 1960 to 1975. Between 1990 and 1992, Jansson worked with Dennis Livson to develop the concept of the Moomin animated series in Japan. His daughter, Sophia, worked together with him in 1993 to help manage the production of a new series of Moomin strips which Sophia now manages solely.[2][3]