Background
Lemmetty was born in 1951, in Kouvola, Finland, went to school in Rovaniemi, Finland and studied at the Finnish and Munich Academies of Fine Artist
Lemmetty was born in 1951, in Kouvola, Finland, went to school in Rovaniemi, Finland and studied at the Finnish and Munich Academies of Fine Artist
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
He worked as a painter until 1980, when Weilin and Göös publishers commissioned his artwork for their Tapiola publications. He has illustrated a number of children"s books and text books, most notably the Happy American Broadcasting Company textbooks which have been used in Finnish schools. He has also written a number of children"s books
American Literature award, 1990.