The Moomins and the Great Flood 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. It was the first book to star the Moomins, but is often seen as a prelude to the main Moomin books, as most of the main characters are introduced in the next book. Moominmamma and Moomintroll are travelling through a dark and scary forest looking for Moominpappa, who has gone off adventuring with the Hattifatteners. They
Viktor Jansson a somehow abstract form. The model for Kajastus, Convolvulus and Nuoruus was Tove Jansson, the daughter of the sculptor. Viktor Jansson Viktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1886 in Helsinki – 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland. He married the illustrator Signe Hammarsten-Jansson and they had three children: the writer Tove Jansson, photographer Per Olov Jansson, and Lars Jansson, an author and comic strip artist. Starting from 1929 Viktor Jansson created several drafts for sculptures picturing young women, one of which is called Convolvulus. The other sculpture from the same series named Youth (Nuoruus)