Lars Jansson (cartoonist) Sophia, worked together with him in 1993 to help manage the production of a new series of Moomin strips which Sophia now manages solely. Lars Jansson (cartoonist) Lars Fredrik Jansson (8 October 1926 Helsinki – 31 July 2000 Helsinki) was a Finnish author and cartoonist. 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 1958, his sister assigned to him the writing of the "Moomin" comic strip, which he drew from 1961
Road signs in Finland Road signs in Finland Road signs in Finland are regulated in "Tieliikenneasetus" (5.3.1982/182). Most signs are based on pictograms, except signs like the prohibition-sign for stop at customs and the sign indicating a taxi rank. If the sign includes text, the text is written in Finnish or Swedish, except the stop sign and taxi signs which are written in English (some taxi signs are written in Finnish). Many roads and places in Finland have Finnish and Swedish names, so both are marked on the traffic signs. This is common in the Swedish-speaking areas on the southern and western coasts, whereas