Tove Jansson translations of classics such as J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (some used later in Finnish translations as well). She also illustrated her late work, "The Summer Book" (1972). Several stage productions have been made from Jansson's Moomin series, including a number that Jansson herself was involved in. The earliest production was a 1949 theatrical version of "Comet in Moominland" performed at Åbo Svenska Teater. In the early 1950s, Jansson collaborated on Moomin-themed children's plays with Vivica Bandler. In 1952, Jansson designed stage settings and dresses for
The Finnish dormitory in Taichung is not possible to say how long the instruction in Swedish lasted. Other subjects taught at the dormitory included geography, Finnish nature and Finnish civics. The textbooks included e.g. books by Lappalainen called "Perusmaantieto" (‘The Basics of Geography’) and Lappalainen et al., "Kansalaistaito ja ympäristöoppi 3–4". (‘Civics and environmental awareness 3–4’). In 1973 the Finnish Missions Council, to which The Finnish Missionary Society also belongs, wrote an initiative to the Finnish Ministry of Education, asking that the Government of Finland give financial support to the Finnish children whose parents were abroad in missionary work and who were of the age