Eight decades after their debut, the Moomins remain Finland’s most treasured literary export. Fans flocked to the official ...

TAMPERE, Finland -- The Moomins, Finland's most lovable literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this ...

From early morning, long queues formed across the country as fans scrambled to get their hands on the exclusive anniversary ...

The Moomins and the Great Flood, by the Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson, was published in 1945. The first Moomin book ...

A Moomin scholar finds the move "absurd", arguing that the character Stinky is far from racist and the decision likely ...

The Finnish flag is often raised in celebration of Tove Jansson on 9 August. All across Finland on Saturday, flags are ...

Certain cartoon characters from Europe such as Asterix, Smurfs and Tin Tin have become international children’s legends and ...

A Moomin character was removed from a Brooklyn library exhibition after a donor deemed it racist. This is the first time in ...

The Moomins, Finland’s most loveable literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this year. The chubby, white, hippopotamus-like characters have captivated readers worldwide since ...

A new Moomin shop has opened in Tokyo’s Ginza district, offering high-end products and traditional merchandise related to the white hippo-like characters of the popular Finnish book series by ...

At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, held July 23–27, comics took back their top spot in the con’s pecking order thanks in part to fewer movie stars visiting Hall H.

The residents of Moomin valley were created by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, with the first book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, published in 1945.