Johanna (Hilda)

In the animated series

In the comics

Johanna is a main character in the Hilda graphic novels, television series and Hilda Tie-In Series. She is Hilda's protective mother, who loves her very much. Johanna is voiced by British actress and writer Daisy Haggard in the animated series.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Johanna is an adult woman with brown hair and black eyes. She often wears a maroon turtle neck sweater, brown pants and white shoes.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Hilda's mother is caring and supportive, but at times she can worry too much about Hilda not having any "normal" friends her age. Since she grew up in Trolberg, she favors the city over the wilderness, while Hilda favors the wilderness.

In the graphic novels, she is even more worried about Hilda than in the animated series, and is known to get angry at her daughter quite easily, often ending discussions with the words "because I said so". It is also shown in "Hilda and the Bird Parade" that she doesn't like the city that much, despite having moved there, and doesn't want Hilda to go out by herself. This in contrast to the animated series, where she encourages Hilda to embrace Trolberg.

In "Hilda and the Black Hound"/"Chapter 12: The Nisse", it is revealed that she distrusts Nisse, considering them to be thieves and liars. She seems to have gotten over this, however, by the end of the story (adapted into "Chapter 13: The Black Hound"), at least when it comes to Tontu. In Season 2 of the animated series, she has actually grown fond of Tontu; she allows him to have dinner with them, and in return Tontu uses Nowhere Space to help keep the house organized.

Johanna is not shown to be close to anybody else or have any friends. The only people she wants to hang out with are Hilda, Alfur and Tontu. Hilda even scolds her at one point for this in Chapter 13: The Stone Forest. The reasons why this is are unknown at this point. She seems to avoid other adults to hang out with or speak to, clearly shown when she was uncomfortable by David's mother who was interesed in her and wanted to talk about her work.