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

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

A beloved figure in the Moomin series, Snufkin follows a ritual all his own: He departs on solitary travels before winter sets in and faithfully returns to Moominvalley with the coming of spring.

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

The Moomins, Finland’s most loveable literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this year. The chubby, ...

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

The Moomins, Finland’s beloved hippo-like characters created by Tove Jansson, are celebrating their 80th birthday. Over the ...

The Moomin troll characters in Jansson's books are popular around the world, including Japan. Many products related to the Moomins have been sold in Japan under license agreements.

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

The Moomin Valley Park will open in March 2019 in the city of Hanno in Saitama Prefecture. There is already a Moomin-themed park in the same city, called Tove Jansson Akebono Children’s Forest Park, ...

The history of this iconic Finnish character will be explored through 500-plus pieces of Moomin-related artworks, many of which are showing in Japan for the very first time.

The official Moomin Japanese website released a statement on Jan. 16 that included a quote from Jansson reading, "You become a resident of Moominvalley the moment you wish to live there." ...