Day of the Finnish art, also birthday of Tove Jansson (Finland)

Finnish art

Finnish art started to form its individual characteristics in the 19th century when romantic nationalism began to rise in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.

Tove Jansson

Finnish writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the…

Finland

Country in Northern Europe

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a…

August 9

Day of the year

August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 144 days remain until the end of the year.