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Tove Jansson

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Tove Marika Jansson (Finland; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. [1]

124 relations: A Winter Book, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Adolf Hitler, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Ateneum, Atos Wirtanen, Austrian Literature Online, Åbo Svenska Theater, École des Beaux-Arts, Bohemianism, Cephalopod, Comet in Moominland, Comic strip, Czechoslovakia, Drawn and Quarterly, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Editorial cartoon, Erna Tauro, Fair Play (novel), Finland, Finn Family Moomintroll, Finnish literature, Finnish Literature Society, Finnish National Opera, Garmr, Genre, Grand Duchy of Finland, Graphic designer, Gyldendal, Hamina, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Hel (location), Helsinki, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki City Hall, Hexameter, Hietaniemi Cemetery, Hippopotamus, Ilkka Kuusisto, Immanuel Kant, Impressionism, International Board on Books for Young People, J. R. R. Tolkien, Joseph Stalin, Kalevala, Katajanokka, Kilometre, Konstfack, Kuusankoski, Lars Jansson (cartoonist), ..., Lewis Carroll, Little My, Melodrama, Memoir, Mika Waltari, Military history of Finland during World War II, Moomin comic strips, Moomin Museum, Moomin World, Moominland Midwinter, Moominpappa at Sea, Moomins, Moominsummer Madness, Moominvalley in November, Naantali, Neck (water spirit), Neville Chamberlain, Norse mythology, Nuclear weapon, Ny Tid (Finland), Order of the Lion of Finland, Order of the Smile, Parable of the Ten Virgins, Paris, Parts of a theatre, Pellinki, Per Olov Jansson, Pitäjänmäki, Pori, Porvoo, Postal card, Posti Group, Radio tekee murron, Rhianna Pratchett, Russian Empire, Sanoma, Scabbard, Self-portrait, Selma Lagerlöf Prize, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, Significant other, Skurken i Muminhuset, Sophia Jansson, Stockholm, Strömberg (company), Swedish Academy, Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Tales from Moominvalley, Tampere, Terry Pratchett, Teuva, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, The Atlantic, The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My, The Dangerous Journey, The Evening News (London newspaper), The Exploits of Moominpappa, The Guardian, The Hobbit, The Hunting of the Snark, The Moomins and the Great Flood, The Spectator, The Summer Book, The True Deceiver, Tove Jansson, Troll, Tuulikki Pietilä, University of Jyväskylä, Urho Kekkonen, Viktor Jansson, Vivica Bandler, Who Will Comfort Toffle?, World War II, 2 euro commemorative coins. Expand index (74 more) »

A Winter Book

A Winter Book is a collection of twenty short stories by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published by Sort Of Books in 2006.

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Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki

The Academy of Fine Arts (Kuvataideakatemia; Bildkonstakademin) in Helsinki, Finland is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and provides the highest university-level theoretical and practical training in the country in fine arts.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician, demagogue, and revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.

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Ateneum

Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery.

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Atos Wirtanen

Atos Kasimir Wirtanen (27 January 1906 in Saltvik – 10 March 1979) was a Finnish left-wing intellectual, journalist, member of Finnish parliament (1936–1953) and cultural critic.

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Austrian Literature Online

Austrian Literature Online (ALO) is an Austrian digitization project by the University Library of Innsbruck, the University Library of Graz and the University of Linz.

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Åbo Svenska Theater

Åbo Svenska Theater (Åbo Svenska Teater) is a Finland-Swedish theatre in the city of Turku in Finland and the oldest theatre in the country, founded in 1839.

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École des Beaux-Arts

An École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) is one of a number of influential art schools in France.

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Bohemianism

Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties.

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Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural κεφαλόποδα, kephalópoda; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus or nautilus.

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Comet in Moominland

Comet in Moominland (Swedish: Kometjakten / Mumintrollet på kometjakt / Kometen kommer) is the second in Tove Jansson's series of Moomin books.

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Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Drawn and Quarterly

Drawn and Quarterly is a publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in comics.

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London.

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Editorial cartoon

An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist's opinion.

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Erna Tauro

Erna Tauro, née Pergament (16 August 1916 Viipuri4 June 1993 Stockholm), was a Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer.

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Fair Play (novel)

Fair Play (in the original Swedish Rent spel) is a novel by Finnish author Tove Jansson, first published in 1989.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Finn Family Moomintroll

Finn Family Moomintroll (original Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt, ‘The Magician's Hat’; US edition The Happy Moomins) is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in Swedish in 1948 and translated to English in 1950.

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Finnish literature

Finnish literature refers to literature written in Finland.

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Finnish Literature Society

The Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish.

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Finnish National Opera

The Finnish National Opera (Suomen Kansallisooppera; Finlands Nationalopera) is a Finnish opera company based in Helsinki.

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Garmr

In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse "rag"Orchard (1997:52).) is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.

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Genre

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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Grand Duchy of Finland

The Grand Duchy of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta, Storfurstendömet Finland, Великое княжество Финляндское,; literally Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor state of modern Finland.

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Graphic designer

A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design.

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Gyldendal

Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal is a Danish publishing house.

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Hamina

Hamina (Fredrikshamn) is a town and a municipality of Finland.

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Hans Christian Andersen Award

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature".

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Hel (location)

In Norse mythology, Hel, the location, shares a name with Hel, a being who rules over the location.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Helsinki Art Museum

Helsinki Art Museum (Helsingin taidemuseo, Helsingfors konstmuseum), abbreviated as HAM, is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland.

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Helsinki City Hall

Helsinki City Hall (Helsingin kaupungintalo, Helsingfors stadshus) is a central administrative building of Helsinki, Finland.

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Hexameter

Hexameter is a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet.

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Hietaniemi Cemetery

The Hietaniemi cemetery (Hietaniemen hautausmaa, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

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Hippopotamus

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis).

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Ilkka Kuusisto

Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (born 26 April 1933 in Helsinki) is a Finnish composer of popular opera and father of Jaakko Kuusisto and Pekka Kuusisto.

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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy.

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Impressionism

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterised by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles.

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International Board on Books for Young People

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a Swiss non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian nationality.

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Kalevala

The Kalevala (Finnish Kalevala) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology.

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Katajanokka

Katajanokka (Skatudden) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland, with around 4000 inhabitants in 2005.

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Kilometre

The kilometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: km; or) or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.

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Konstfack

Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Kuusankoski

Kuusankoski is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland.

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Lars Jansson (cartoonist)

Lars Fredrik Jansson (8 October 1926 Helsinki – 31 July 2000 Helsinki) was a Finnish author and cartoonist.

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer.

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Little My

Little My (original Swedish: Lilla My (literally: "little mu") is a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson. The character first appeared in the fourth book, The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950). She is a small, determined and fiercely independent Mymble. Little My is brash, aggressive, mischievous and disrespectful, but can also be a good friend when she wants to. She is the Mymble's daughter's younger sister. She was eventually adopted by the Moomin family. The name Little My originated from the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet: μ (Mu) – transliterated as my and pronounced in Swedish. In the metric system, lowercase mu μ, meaning "one-millionth", represents the prefix "micro-", from the Greek μικρός (mikrós), meaning "small".

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Melodrama

A melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions, takes precedence over detailed characterization.

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Memoir

A memoir (US: /ˈmemwɑːr/; from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory or reminiscence) is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life.

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Mika Waltari

Mika Toimi Waltari (19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen).

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Military history of Finland during World War II

Finland participated in the Second World War, twice battling the Soviet Union, and then against Nazi Germany.

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Moomin comic strips

Moomin (Mumin or 'Mumintrollen; Muumipeikko) is a comic strip created by Tove Jansson, and followed up by Lars Jansson, featuring their Moomin family of characters.

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Moomin Museum

Moomin Museum (Swedish: Muminmuseet, Finnish: Muumimuseo, formerly called Moominvalley) is situated in the city of Tampere, Finland.

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Moomin World

Moomin World (Muumimaailma, Muminvärlden) is a theme park based on the Moomin books by Tove Jansson.

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Moominland Midwinter

Moominland Midwinter (Swedish title Trollvinter) is the fifth in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1957.

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Moominpappa at Sea

Moominpappa at Sea (Swedish: Pappan och havet, literally "The father and the sea") is the seventh book in the Moomin books by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

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Moomins

The Moomins (Mumin) are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland.

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Moominsummer Madness

Moominsummer Madness (Swedish title Farlig midsommar, or "Dangerous Midsummer") is the fourth in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1954.

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Moominvalley in November

Moominvalley in November (Swedish: Sent i november, 'Late in November'; Finnish: Muumilaakson marraskuu) is the ninth and final book in the Moomin series by Finnish author Tove Jansson, and was first published in both her native Swedish and English in 1971.

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Naantali

Naantali (Nådendal) is a town in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country.

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Neck (water spirit)

The neck, nicor, nixie or nokken (Nixe; nikker, nekker; Danish: nøkke; nøkk; näck; näkki; näkk) are shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore who usually appeared in forms of other creatures.

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Neville Chamberlain

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Ny Tid (Finland)

Ny Tid (formerly Folktidningen and Folktidningen Ny Tid) is a Swedish language Green leftist monthly magazine published in Finland.

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Order of the Lion of Finland

The Order of the Lion of Finland (Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

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Order of the Smile

The Order of the Smile (Polish: Order Uśmiechu) is an international award given by children to adults distinguished in their love, care and aid for children.

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Parable of the Ten Virgins

The Parable of the Ten Virgins, also known as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of the ten bridesmaids, is one of the well known parables of Jesus.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Parts of a theatre

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Pellinki

Pellinki (Pellinge in Swedish) is an island community in Finland made up of several small islands, the main ones linked by bridges.

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Per Olov Jansson

Per Olov Jansson (born 22 April 1920 Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish photographer.

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Pitäjänmäki

Pitäjänmäki is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo.

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Pori

Pori (Björneborg; Arctopolis) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland.

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Porvoo

Porvoo (Borgå) is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki.

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Postal card

Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage.

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Posti Group

Posti Group Corporation (previously Suomen Posti during 1994–2007 and Itella during 2007–2015) is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland.

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Radio tekee murron

Radio tekee murron ("The Radio Burglary") (1951) is a Finnish crime comedy directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannes Häyrinen.

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Rhianna Pratchett

Rhianna Pratchett (born 30 December 1976) is an English video game writer, and journalist.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Sanoma

Sanoma Corporation (Finnish: Sanoma Oyj, formerly SanomaWSOY) is a leading media group in the Nordic countries with operations in over 10 European countries, based in Helsinki.

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Scabbard

A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade.

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Self-portrait

A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by that artist.

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Selma Lagerlöf Prize

The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Signe Hammarsten-Jansson

Signe "Ham" Hammarsten-Jansson (née Hammarsten, 1 June 1882 Hannäs, Sweden - 6 June 1970 Porvoo) was a Swedish graphic artist who designed, among other things, around 220 Finnish postage stamps during the course of three decades.

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Significant other

Significant other (SO) colloquially used as a gender-neutral term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, or sexual orientation.

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Skurken i Muminhuset

Skurken i Muminhuset, or Villain in the Moominhouse, is a picture book from 1980 by the Finnish-Swedish author Tove Jansson, published in 1980.

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Sophia Jansson

Vivica Sophia Jansson (born 1962) is the daughter of cartoonist Lars Jansson and the niece of the famous Finnish writer and painter Tove Jansson.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Strömberg (company)

Stromberg Oy or Strömberg Ab, was a company founded by Gottfrid Strömberg in 1889 in Helsinki, Finland, and manufactured electromechanical products such as: generators, electric motors and small power plants.

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Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.

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Swedish-speaking population of Finland

The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are often called Swedish-speaking Finns, Finland-Swedes, Finland Swedes, Finnish Swedes, or Swedes of Finland—see below; finlandssvenskar; suomenruotsalaiset; the term Swedo-Finnish—finlandssvensk; suomenruotsalainen—can be used as an attribute) is a linguistic minority in Finland.

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Tales from Moominvalley

Tales from Moominvalley (Swedish: Det osynliga barnet och andra berättelser, literally "The Invisible Child and other stories") is the sixth book in the Moomin series by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

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Tampere

Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors) is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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Teuva

Teuva (Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.

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The American-Scandinavian Foundation

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF), is an American non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My

The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published in 1952 in Swedish.

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The Dangerous Journey

The Dangerous Journey (Orig. Swedish Den farliga resan) is a children's picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson.

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The Evening News (London newspaper)

The Evening News, earlier styled as The Evening News, was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, reappearing briefly in 1987.

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The Exploits of Moominpappa

The Exploits of Moominpappa, first published in 1950 and then considerably revised in 1968 under the title Moominpappa's Memoirs, is the fourth book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hobbit

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Hunting of the Snark

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll.

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The Moomins and the Great Flood

The Moomins and the Great Flood (Swedish: Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen, literally The Little Trolls and the Great Flood) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1945, during the end of World War II.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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The Summer Book

The Summer Book (in the original Swedish Sommarboken) is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1972.

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The True Deceiver

The True Deceiver (1982; Swedish: Den ärliga bedragaren, lit. "The Honest Deceiver") is a novel by Swedish-Finnish author Tove Jansson.

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Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson (Finland; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author.

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Troll

A troll is a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore.

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Tuulikki Pietilä

Ida Helmi Tuulikki Pietilä (18 February 1917 – 23 February 2009) was a Finnish graphic artist and professor, born in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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University of Jyväskylä

The University of Jyväskylä (Jyväskylän yliopisto) is a university in Jyväskylä, Finland.

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Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland (1956–82).

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Viktor Jansson

Viktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1886 in Helsinki – 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland.

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Vivica Bandler

Vivica Aina Fanny Bandler (5 February 1917 – 30 July 2004) was a Finnish theater director and agronomist.

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Who Will Comfort Toffle?

Who Will Comfort Toffle? is the second picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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2 euro commemorative coins

2 commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the eurozone since 2004 as legal tender in all eurozone member states.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Jansson

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