Tove Jansson available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Jansson received the writing award in 1966. Jansson's books, originally written in Swedish, have been translated into 45 languages. After the "Kalevala" and books by Mika Waltari, they are the most widely translated works of Finnish literature. The Moomin Museum in Tampere displays much of Jansson's work on the Moomins. There is also a Moomin theme park named Moomin World in Naantali. Tove Jansson was selected as the main motif in the 2004 minting of a Finnish commemorative coin, the €10 Tove Jansson and Finnish Children's Culture commemorative coin. The obverse
Naantali Naantali Naantali (; ) is a town in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of (), and is located in the region of Southwest Finland, west of Turku. The town encompasses a land area of . Most of this area is located on the islands, but the majority of the population lives on the mainland. Most of the islands are covered with forest and farmland, while the mainland consists chiefly of residential areas. One of the oldest towns in Finland, Naantali was founded around the mediaeval Brigittine