Podcast appearances and mentions of sophia jansson

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is Sophia Jansson – niece of Tove Jansson, the legendary Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, artist, novelist, illustrator, and children's book author, best known for creating the Moomins. Born in Helsinki in 1914, Tove grew up immersed in art from a young age. It was thanks to her artist parents, who raised her and her brothers in a home filled with plaster dust, clay, paintings, and floor-to-ceiling books – known to be (quote) “a box with endless secret compartments…” It was even thought she slept on the shelf at one point! But, growing up in the 1910s and 30s, it was also a time wracked by war. Turning to art, Tove made paintings – in a style influenced by the post-Impressionists – and conceived of imaginary worlds, steeped in nature – from forests to the sea – perhaps to escape the imploding world around her. Jansson's books for children and her novels for adults are just as much great stories as they are philosophies on life as she wrote: “before the war I used to think the purpose of life was to act as justly as possible; after the war I thought the purpose of life was to be as happy as possible.” And there is no shadow of a doubt that Jansson and the Moomins, the large-snouted trolls, can show us the true meanings of life. ENJOY! -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm_mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

– Hun behandlet meg aldri som et barn, sier Sophia Jansson om sin berømte tante. Hele 97 % av oss nordmenn har et forhold til Mummitrollet. Sophia Jansson er niesen til Tove Jansson, og forvalter i dag den kunstneriske arven etter sin tante og Mummitrollets mamma. Hvem er hennes favorittkarakter, hvilken mummikopp drikker hun helst av og hva ville Tove Jansson syntes om tiden vi lever i? Hør Sophia Jansson i prat med programleder Knut Gørvell. Opptaket er gjort på arrangementet Boktips LIVE i Cappelen Damm-huset høsten 2023.

It's now time for the fifth and final episode of the podcast series about the Moomin phenomenon. And it's finally time to focus on the creator: Tove Jansson. In this series, we've been discussing the Moomin phenomenon. Fans have told us how the Moomin world has absorbed them to the extent that they can even imagine tattooing the characters onto their bodies. We've also examined if there is such a thing as Moomin philosophy, and we've met many people who have been inspired by both Moomin ethics and aesthetics. We've also inundated ourselves with Moomin paraphernalia and asked ourselves if Moomin has become too commercial. We've been to Helsinki, the Finnish archipelago, London, north and south of Sweden and last but not least, Japan! And wherever we've traveled, we've found a world filled with Moomins. But this episode is going to hone in on something else. We're taking a look at the creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson. Even if there have been prolific amounts of extensive academic text about her person, Tove never wanted to be a particularly public figure. She was at her happiest ensconced on her little island in the archipelago and in her tucked away studio in Helsinki during the colder months together with her life partner and love, Tuulikki Pietilä. Who was Tove Jansson, and what is her legacy? One of the places we will visit is her famous and mythical studio in Helsinki. In this episode we'll meet Sophia Jansson - the niece of Tove Jansson, publishers Mark Ellingham and Natania Jansz and actors and singers Emma Klingenberg and Kim Gustavsson among others.

To the world Tove Jansson is mostly known as the creator of the famous Moomin characters, but she saw herself first and foremost as a painter. Our newly launched podcast episode "Tove Jansson, more than the creator of Moomin" reveals fascinating, emotional and heartwarming stories from both her diverse professional and personal life. Her niece, Sophia Jansson will take you on a journey from summertime magic in the Finnish archipelago with velvet rock pools and treeless islands to topics touching on Tove's incredible courage to be true to herself at a time when it was not always easy to be a woman in the creative field.

Meri on Tove Janssonin muumikirjoissa mahdollisuus seikkailuun. Millaisia muistoja Janssonin veljentyttärellä Sophia Janssonilla on muumeissa kuvatusta meren voimasta? Sophia Jansson on Moomin Characters Oy Ltd:n pääosakas. Hän kertoo tässä Minun Itämereni -podcastin jaksossa merestä Tove Janssonin kirjojen maailmassa, omasta rakkaudestaan saaristoon, vaikutuksestamme Itämeren tilaan sekä muistoistaan Tove Janssonin Klovharun saarella. Podcastin juontaa John Nurmisen Säätiön asiamies Annamari Arrakoski-Engardt.

In Tove Jansson’s Moomin books, the sea is an opportunity for adventure. What kind of memories does Jansson’s niece Sophia Jansson have of the power of the sea described in the Moomin stories? Sophia Jansson is the principal shareholder of Moomin Characters Oy Ltd. In this episode of the Minun Itämereni (“My Baltic Sea”) podcast, she talks about the sea within the world of Tove Jansson’s books, her own love for the archipelago, our impact on the state of the Baltic Sea and her memories on Tove Jansson’s Klovharu island. The podcast is hosted by Annamari Arrakoski-Engardt, Secretary General of the John Nurminen Foundation.

Bokcirkel om den ultimata sommarlektyren – Tove Janssons Sommarboken! Förlagets podd är tillbaka med en inspelning från Lilla teaterns bokcirkel, där det framkom att Sommarboken är en bok som bör läsas om varje sommar – som all riktigt god litteratur visar den nya sidor vid varje ny läsning. Deltagarna i bokcirkeln är Jakob Höglund – regissör för Lilla Teaterns uppsättning av Sommarboken och ny konstnärlig ledare för teatern, Sophia Jansson – konstnärlig chef på Moomin Characters och brorsdotter till Tove Jansson, samt Sara Ehnholm Hielm – förläggare på Förlaget som ger ut Toves böcker. Bokcirkeln leds av Lilla teaterns f.d. konstnärliga ledare Marina Meinander. Har du inte ett eget exemplar av Sommarboken rekommenderar vi att du skaffar dig boken fortast möjligast och jämför dina egna tankar med deltagarna i bokcirkeln– den finns givetvis hos Förlaget! https://www.forlaget.com/bocker/sommarboken/

Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish author and illustrator best known for her children's books about the Moomins. These white, hippo-like characters live in the imaginary world of Moominvalley where they subtly challenge social norms and utter philosophical statements such as "I knew nothing, but I believed a lot." While the Moomins brought Jansson worldwide fame in the 20th century, she was also a painter, an accomplished novelist and a political cartoonist who took risks poking fun at Hitler. Her work often mirrored her private life in which she defied stereotypes of the time by working and earning money for her family, travelling alone, and having relationships with both men and women. Joining Rajan Datar to discuss the life and works of Tove Jansson are her niece, Sophia Jansson; Boel Westin - a professor of children's literature from Stockholm University and the author of the authorised biography of Tove's life called Life, Art, Words; and British children's author Philip Ardagh, author of The World of Moominvalley. Plus Mayumi Tomihara - an expert on Tove Jansson from Tokyo's Sacred Heart University who has translated many of Tove's adult novels into Japanese. Photo: Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson in a self-portrait with her Moomin characters (© Moomin Characters™)

Richard Strauss's comic opera Der Rosenkavalier is about to open at the Royal Opera House in London. Singers Renée Fleming and Alice Coote discuss the challenges of tackling Strauss's masterpiece. Quarry, a new TV crime drama, centres on the story of a Vietnam vet who struggles to return to normality after his experiences of war and finds himself lured into a life as a professional assassin. The series is directed by Greg Yaitanes (Lost, House, Heroes) and stars Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, and Scottish actor Peter Mullan. Critic Stephen Armstrong reviews.The world of Tove Jansson and her famous creation Family Moomintroll is brought to life in the first major UK exhibition of the writer and artist's work. Her niece, Sophia Jansson, and Paul Denton, producer of Adventures In Moominland, discuss the artist's creations and how they reflected the world she inhabited.Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Angie Nehring.

Strapatsfyllda resor och upplevelser är vad affärskvinnan Sophia Jansson, brorsdotter till Tove Jansson, berättar om i sitt sommarprat. Och hur hon mitt i ödemarken, med vatten upp till midjan, kom till insikt om att hon i hela sitt liv bara sprungit framåt utan att stanna upp. Berättelserna om äventyret i Lappland och vintrarna i Spanien genomsyras av kärleken till familjen, speciellt till pappa Lasse.

I Sommarboken har Tove Jansson lämnat Mumindalen men stannat kvar i den finländska skärgården. Ömsint skildrar hon relationen mellan en mycket gammal farmor (sin egen mamma) och sin brorsdotter, den lilla sexåriga Sophia. Idag är Sophia Jansson kreativ chef för familjeföretaget Moomin characters. Med hjälp av henne och skådespelerskan Birgitta Ulfsson porträtterar Rigmor Ohlsson Tove jansson som i år skulle ha fyllt 100 år.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s wonderful Moomin series, Sophia Jansson, the author’s niece, and an artist in her own right, talked with chair Julia Eccleshare about her aunt’s work and life, revealing what it was like to grow up surrounded by her extraordinary characters.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s wonderful Moomin series, Sophia Jansson, the author’s niece, and an artist in her own right, talked with chair Julia Eccleshare about her aunt’s work and life, revealing what it was like to grow up surrounded by her extraordinary characters.