by Tove Jansson
Back on the island I’m trying to make some progress on my stories and I shall send you the material in the autumn.
It’s good for me to be able to work slowly, without a deadline.
I gave a speech at Schildts’ booksellers’ event and Nalle (S.B. Nyberg) said the book ought to come out in the autumn of next year, but I imagine that would mean submission by next spring?
Please don’t fix anything for now; this is a job that has to take its time if it’s to be any good. But anyway, it’s going to be a book that’s happy and bright, I’ve decided.
Have a good summer, and hugs from us –
Tove and Tooti
Tove Jansson 9.8.1914–27.6.2001
SOURCES/CREDITS
LETTERS
Bonniers förlagsarkiv, Stockholm
Letters to Åke Runnquist
In private ownership
Letters to the Hammarsten Jansson family
Letters to Eva Konikoff
Letters to Tuulikki Pietilä
Letters to Maya Vanni
Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland, Helsinki
Letters to Vivica Bandler (Vivica Bandler archive)
Letters to Atos Wirtanen (Atos Wirtanen archive)
Letters to Maja Vanni (Maya Vanni archive)
IMAGES
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Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland: 256, 261, 267, 272, 298–99, 306, 418
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Boel Westin: 487
Göran Algård: front cover
INDEX OF PEOPLE
A
Aaltonen, Toini 1, 2
Abbott, Berenice 1
Åberg, Pelle 1, 2
Ahtaja (formerly Ahlgren), Arno 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Andersson, Amos 1, 2
Andsten, Ricki 1, 2, 3
Annala, Jussi 1, 2
Appelberg, Bertel 1
Arosenius, Ivar 1
Assayas, Clelia 1
Assendelft, Helmut van 1, 2, 3
B
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1, 2, 3, 4
Bäck, Märta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bäck, Yngve 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bäcksbacka, Irina 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bäcksbacka, Leonard 1, 2
Backberg, Regina 1, 2, 3
Baden-Powell, Robert 1
Bandler, Kurt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Bandler, Vivica 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Barck, P.O. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Bärlund, Ulla 1, 2
Beck, Mr and Mrs 1, 2
Beethoven, Ludvig van 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Berthout, Gabriel 1
Beskow, Elsa 1
Besprosvanni, Samuel, see Vanni, Sam
Björkenheim, Professor 1
Björling, Gunnar 1
Bjørnvig, Thorkild 1
Blix, Ragnvald 1
Blixen, Karen 1
Blomberg, Erik 1, 2
Boccaccio, Giovanni 1
Bodin, Lisbeth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bonnard, Pierre 1
Borg, Elsi 1
Bosch, Hieronymus 1
Botticelli, Sandro 1
Boye, Karin 1
Bradbury, Ray 1
Brunström, Sven 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Buber, Martin 1
C
Calevaert-Brun, Louis 1
Capp, Al 1, 2, 3
Carlstedt, Birger 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Carroll, Lewis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Cawén, Alvar 1, 2
Cawén, Matti 1
Cawén, Ragni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Cederström, Eva 1
Cézanne, Paul 1, 2
Chaplet, Kersti 1, 2
Chaplet, Pierre 1, 2
Chataïn, Gilbert 1, 2, 3, 4
Chataïn, Mme 1, 2
Cleve, Carin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Colliander, Ina 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Colliander, Maria 1, 2
Colliander, Tito 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Collin, Marcus 1, 2
Cordova, Ramon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Crowdy, Francis 1, 2
D
Dali, Salvador 1
Dante Alighieri 1, 2, 3
Diktonius, Elmer 1
Dufy, Raoul 1
E
Edelfelt, Albert 1
Eistola, Pentti 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Eliot, T.S. 1
Enckell, Heidi 1, 2, 3
Enckell, Olof 1
Enckell, Rabbe 1, 2, 3
Enroth, Erik 1, 2
Ericson, Uno Myggan 1
F
Farjeon, Eleanor 1
Fawkes, Wally 1, 2
Ferlow, Nils 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Flemming, Elsa (formerly Hammarsten) 1, 2, 3
Flemming, Emmely 1, 2, 3
Flemming, Hugo 1
Flemming, Ingmar 1, 2, 3, 4
Flemming, Karin 1, 2
Fock, Britt-Sofie (Bitti) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Fock, Eric 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Fock, Ulla (Putte) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Forssell, Lars 1, 2
Forster, E.M. 1
Frenckell, Erica von 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Frenckell, Erik von 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Frenckell, Ester-Margaret von, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
G
Gall, Féri 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Gauguin, Paul 1
Gebhard, family 1
Gehlin, Hugo 1
Giorgione 1
Gogh, Vincent van 1
Goncourt, brothers 1
Gordin, Rafael 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Green, Kenneth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Grönvall, Sven 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Grönvik, Gunvor 1
Grosset, Monsieur 1
Guérin, Charles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Gustafsson, Albert (Abbe) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Gustafsson, Cay 1, 2
Gustafsson, Fanny 1, 2
Gustafsson, Greta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Gustafsson, Kalle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gustafsson, Max 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Gustafsson, May 1, 2
Gylling, Kaj 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Gylling, Ulla 1, 2, 3, 4
H
Hagelstam, Hjalmar (Hageli) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Hagfors, Irja 1, 2, 3
Hahl, Impi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Hammarsten, Anna-Lisa 1, 2, 3, 4
Hammarsten, Bengt 1
Hammarsten, Einar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Hammarsten, Elin 1
Hammarsten, Fredrik 1, 2, 3
Hammarsten, Harald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Hammarsten, Kerstin 1, 2, 3
Hammarsten, Olov 1, 2, 3
Hammarsten, Torsten 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Hammarsten, Ulla 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Hammarsten Jansson, Signe (Ham) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1
0, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Haupt, Matti 1, 2, 3, 4
Hedberg, Karl 1, 2
Helenius, Ester 1, 2, 3
Hellens, Arno von 1, 2
Helo, Johan 1, 2
Hielm, Börje 1, 2, 3
Hielm, Kiki 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hindriksson, bailiff 1
Hitchcock, Alfred 1
Hjelt, Ulla 1, 2
Högfeldt, Robert 1
Holmberg, Per-Erik 1
Holy, Adrien 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
Hooge-Hansen, Lis 1, 2
Hoogland, Claes 1, 2
Höök, Marianne 1
Hornborg, Eirik 1
Horney, Karen 1, 2
Hugo, Victor 1, 2
I
Illingworth, Leslie 1
Indursky, Ada 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
J
Jansson, Julius 1
Jansson, Julius Viktor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jansson, Lars (Lasse) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,, 65, 66, 67,, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91,, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98,, 99, 100, 101
Jansson, Meri 1, 2
Jansson, Misan 1, 2, 3
Jansson, Nita, see Lesch, Nita
Jansson, Per Olov (also Peo, Prolle) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
Jansson, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jansson, Saga 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Jansson, Sophia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Jansson, Toini 1
Jansson, Viktor (Faffan) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66
Järnefelt, Eero 1
Järrel, Stig 1
Jensen, Gunilla 1, 2
Jensen, Hans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Johnson, Eyvind 1, 2
Joyce, James 1
K
Kajanus, Asta 1
Kajanus, Kaj 1, 2, 3
Kamtsan, Ruben 1, 2
Karlsson, Johanna (formerly Jansson) 1
Karma, Maija 1, 2
Karttunen, Liisi 1, 2
Konick, Joseph 1
Konikoff, Abraham (Abrascha), from 1938 Karno 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Konikoff, Boris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Konikoff, David 1, 2, 3
Konikoff, Eva 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Konow, Jurgen, also Jörgen von 1
Koroma, Kaarlo 1, 2
Koskinen, Irja 1, 2, 3
Kræmers 1, 2
Kruskopf, Erik 1
Kutter, Hans 1, 2
Kuuskoski, Helena and Martti 1, 2, 3, 4
L
Landgren, Stig-Erik 1, 2, 3
Landström, Björn 1, 2, 3, 4
Leander, Zarah 1, 2
Léger, Fernand 1
Lehtonen, Joel 1
Lesch, Nita (formerly Jansson) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Linde, Ebbe 1
Linnala, Harriet 1
Linnala, Rosa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Löfgren, Lars 1, 2, 3
Lönnberg, William 1, 2, 3
Lundgren, Tyra 1, 2
Luoma 1, 2
M
McCullers, Carson 1
Makkonen 1
Malmström, Gunnel 1, 2, 3, 4
Mandelin-Dixon, Mary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Manet, Édouard 1
Mann, Thomas 1
Mannerheim, C.G. 1
Markus, Gert 1
Martens, Paul von 1
Matisse, Henri 1, 2, 3
Michelangelo 1
Mikkonen, Aune 1, 2
Molin, Verner 1, 2
Mörne, Arvid 1
Mörne, Gudrun 1
N
Nelimarkka, Eero 1
Nelimarkka, Eero Jaakko 1, 2
Nielsen, Monica 1
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Nordberg, Olle 1, 2
Nordström, Olga 1
Nyberg, Stig-Björn 1
O
Oittinen, Reino 1
Okkonen, Onni 1
Olofsson, Britt 1, 2
Olsson, Hagar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
P
Packalén, Harry 1
Pakarinen 1
Parker, Dorothy 1, 2
Parland, Oscar 1, 2
Parland, Ralf 1
Pennanen, Jarno 1, 2
Pergament 1
Phipps, Julian 1
Pietilä, Annukka 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Pietilä, Frans 1, 2, 3
Pietilä, Ida 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Pietilä, Raili 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Pietilä, Reima 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Pietilä, Tuulikki 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Poe, Edgar Allan 1
Portch, Elizabeth (Liz) 1, 2, 3, 4
Pöysti, Lasse 1, 2, 3, 4
R
Relander, Lauri 1
Relander, Ragnar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rembrandt 1, 2
Renvall, Ben 1, 2, 3, 4
Renvall, Essi 1, 2, 3, 4
Reuter, Ole 1
Rivel, Moune de 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Robbia, Andrea della 1
Rönngren, Nicken 1, 2, 3, 4
Rosenfeld, Herbert 1, 2, 3
Rubens, Peter Paul 1
Runnquist, Ingrid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Runnquist, Åke 1, 2, 3, 4
Ryti, Risto 1
S
Sartre, Jean-Paul 1
Savonarola, Girolamo 1
Schauman, Sigrid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Schildt, Göran 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Schlücking, Anna-Lisa 1, 2
Schubert, Franz 1
Schulberg, Budd 1
Segerstråle, Lennart 1, 2
Serlachius, Gösta 1, 2
Sevelius, Salme 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Simberg, Uhra 1, 2
Simenon, Georges 1
Sinervo, Elvi 1, 2
Sivén, dentist 1, 2, 3
Sjöblom, Nils 1
Sköld, Otte 1, 2
Smedberg, Maud 1, 2
Snellman, Christina 1
Södergran, Edith 1
Sommer, Eugène 1, 2
Sørlie, Hilde 1, 2, 3
Sørlie, Kirsten 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Spengler, Oswald 1
Stendhal (Henri Beyle) 1
Stenman, Gösta 1
Stenman, Maja 1, 2, 3, 4
Storm Petersen, Robert 1
Strömstedt, Margareta 1
Suihko, Niilo 1, 2
Sukkari, Ulla, see Hjelt, Ulla
Sundblom, Julius 1
Sundman, Per-Olof 1
Sutton, Charles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Svedlin, Elin 1, 2
Svedlin, Thure 1, 2
Svensson, Helen 1, 2
Swanljung, Joyce 1, 2
Szondi, Leopold 1
T
Takahashi, Ryosuke 1
Tandefelt, Signe 1, 2
Tapiovaara, Tapio (Tapsa) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Taube, Evert 1
Tauro, Erna 1, 2, 3
Tegengren, Liv 1
Tenniel, John 1, 2
Thesleff, Ellen 1, 2, 3, 4
Thesleff, Gerda 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tolkien, J.R.R. 1, 2, 3
Tompuri, Elli 1, 2
Topsøes 1, 2
Tsibuleffsky, Rosa 1
Turtiainen, Arvo 1, 2, 3, 4
U
Ulfsson, Birgitta (Bisse) 1, 2, 3, 4
V
Valadon, Suzanne 1
Valovirta, dentist 1
Vanni, Maya 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Vanni, Sam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Verho, Yrjö 1
Verne, Jules 1
Veronese, Paolo 1
Viktor Emanuel 1
Virtanen, Unto 2228, 1
Vlaminck, Maurice de 1
Vuillard, Edouard 1
W
Wallgren, Dr 1
Walzel, Camillo (Illo) von 1, 2
Warburton, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4
Washbourn, Margaret 1, 2
Weiner, Woldemar (Wolle) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Welche, Stefan 1, 2, 3, 4
Westerlund, property owners 1
Westermarck, Edvard 1, 2, 3, 4
Westin, Boel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Wichman, Eva 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Wilde, Oscar 1
Wine, Maria 1
Wirtanen, Atos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Wolff, Elisabeth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Wrede, Gerda 1
Y
Yutang, Lin 1
Z
Zweig, Stefan 1
Zweygbergk, Ola 1, 2
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