Lars Jansson (cartoonist)

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Siblings Lars and Tove Jansson in 1963.

Template:Use dmy dates Lars Fredrik Jansson (8 October 1926, Helsinki – 31 July 2000, Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author and cartoonist.<ref name=muistot>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life

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.<ref name="Ny Tid">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="designforum.fi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Work

In 1957, he began working with his sister on the writing and drawing of the Moomin comic strip, which he produced single-handedly from 1959 to 1975.<ref name="Nationalencyklopedin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Between 1990 and 1992, Jansson worked with Dennis Livson to develop the concept of the Moomin animated series in Japan. His daughter, Sophia, worked together with him in 1993 to help manage the production of a new series of Moomin strips which Sophia now manages solely.<ref name="Ny Tid" /><ref name="designforum.fi" />

External links

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• Lars Jansson profile at Lambiek.net

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