Moomins

The Moomins
	The Moomins, comic book cover by Tove Jansson. From left to right: (Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), the Mymble's daughter, The Groke, Snork Maiden and the Hattifatteners
	The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945); Comet in Moominland (1946); Finn Family Moomintroll (1948); The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950); The Book about Moomin,; Mymble and Little My (1952); Moominsummer Madness (1954); Moominland Midwinter (1957); Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960); Tales from Moominvalley (1962); Moominpappa at Sea (1965); Moominvalley in November (1970); The Dangerous Journey (1977); Villain in the Moominhouse (1980); Songs from the Moominvalley (1993);
Author	Tove Jansson
Original title	Mumintrollen
Translator	To English: Elizabeth Portch, Thomas Warburton, Kingsley Hart, Ant O'Neill
Illustrator	Tove Jansson
Country	Finland
Language	Finland Swedish
Genre	Children's fantasy
Publisher	Drawn & Quarterly, Macmillan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Schildts, Zangavar, Sort of Books
Media type	Print, digital
Website	www.moomin.com/en

The Moomins or Moomintrolls (Swedish: Mumintrollen, pronounced [ˈmʉːmɪnˌtrɔlːɛn]) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, picture books, and a comic strip by the Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by the Finnish publisher Schildts. They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls who live in a house in Moominvalley.

Between 1945 and 1993, Jansson wrote a series of nine books, and created five picture books and a long-running comic strip. The Moomins have inspired numerous television series, films, music, theatre productions, video games, and theme parks. In popular culture, the Moomins have appeared on a wide range of merchandise, sold in shops around the world, and as a livery for some Finnair aircraft.