Swedish literature is befriended by a boy. Lindgren wrote twelve books about Emil of Maple Hills, a boy living in the Småland countryside in the early 1900s, who continuously gets intro trouble because of his pranks, yet in later life becomes a responsible and resourceful man, and the Chairman of the Municipality Council. One of few fantasy writers in Swedish literature apart from Lindgren was the Finnish writer Tove Jansson (1914–2001), who wrote, in the Swedish language, about the Moomins. The Moomins are trolls who live in an economically and politically independent state, without any materialistic concerns. The Moomins have appealed to
Jan-Magnus Jansson to 1987. Jansson has also written several books, for instance about the Finnish Constitution and some poetry works. In 1990s Jansson was against the Finland's membership of European Union which actively threatened the neutrality of Finland's foreign policy . He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. Jan-Magnus Jansson Jan-Magnus Jansson (24 January 1922 – 29 November 2003) was a Finnish politician (Swedish People's Party). Jansson was a Professor of general state science at the University of Helsinki 1954–74 and chancellor for the Åbo Akademi University 1985 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Swedish People's Party (SPP)