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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 3651885, member: 33&quot;]The castle was opened in 1620, so I don&#039;t think it was designed by Viktor Jansson. This Viktor (spelled with a &quot;k&quot; not a &quot;c&quot;) was a sculptor and artist, not an architect, as far as I can see. He was indeed the father of Tove Jansson, who wrote the Moomin books, as you mentioned. This family lived in Finland but were speakers of Swedish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vi<b>c</b>tor Janssons Bokhandel apparently existed in Sweden in the early 20th century. Since the sculptor lived in Finland and apparently spelled his first name differently, it doesn&#039;t appear that he owned it. There is a postcard published by the bookstore, with an inscription from 1902, that shows a picture of some buildings in&nbsp; Skänninge, a town in Sweden. Unfortunately the place where I found the postcard image is one of those tricky type that make it difficult to download images. Here is a link to the page where I found the image: <a href="https://picryl.com/media/brevkort-med-parti-av-skanninge-linkopingsgatan-sedd-osterut-a24ffb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picryl.com/media/brevkort-med-parti-av-skanninge-linkopingsgatan-sedd-osterut-a24ffb" rel="nofollow">https://picryl.com/media/brevkort-med-parti-av-skanninge-linkopingsgatan-sedd-osterut-a24ffb</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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