Lars Jansson (cartoonist) 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 to 1974. Between 1990 and 1992, Jansson worked with Dennis Livson to develop the concept of the "Moomin" animated series in Japan. His daughter,
TV Finland TV Finland TV Finland is a Finnish television channel available on some cable television networks in Sweden. The channel was originally created for free-to-air broadcast in Sweden as part of a reciprocal agreement between the Finnish and Swedish governments that also established SVT Europa (originally named "TV4" in Finland) broadcasts in areas of Finland with Swedish-speaking populations. it is broadcast on terrestrial free-to-air television in parts of Sweden, but due to the digital switchover it threatens to stop both broadcasts. TV Finland is offered by Finland's national broadcaster Yle, and its contents are taken from programs regularly broadcast on public