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53-582: In all, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a comic strip , between 1945 and 1993. The Moomins have inspired numerous television series , films, and two theme parks: Moomin World in Naantali , Finland , and Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama , Japan . There are two different stories of how the term moomintroll was invented. On one occasion, Jansson explained that

106-537: A number that Jansson herself was involved in. The earliest production was a 1949 theatrical version of Comet in Moominland performed at Åbo Svenska Teater . In the early 1950s, Jansson collaborated on Moomin-themed children's plays with Vivica Bandler . By 1958, Jansson began to become directly involved in theater as Lilla Teater produced Troll i kulisserna ( Troll in the wings ), a Moomin play with lyrics by Jansson and music composed by Erna Tauro . The production

159-514: A publishing house in Porvoo in 1913, which was reorganized into Holger Schildts Förlags AB in 1919. In 1991, the publishing house merged with Editum, which published textbooks. Among the publisher's fiction writers, Tove Jansson is internationally known; her Moomin series was published by the company. Since 1987 it has also published Finnish-language literature, mainly translations but also original Finnish titles later on. A Finnish editorial office

212-558: A small Moomin-themed playground there. First announced in 2013, a new Moomin theme park, Metsä , was opened in March 2019 at Lake Miyazawa, Hannō. There are two zones: the free Metsä Village area, comprising lakefront restaurants and shops set among natural activities, and the Moominvalley Park section offering attractions like Moominhouse and an art museum. The theme park has become very popular, with more than one million visitors during

265-464: Is a comic strip created by Tove Jansson , and followed up by her younger brother Lars Jansson , featuring their Moomin family of characters. The first comic strip, entitled Mumintrollet och jordens undergång ( Moomintroll and The End of The World ) was a short-lived project for the children's section of the Finland-Swedish leftist newspaper Ny Tid . It was written between 1947 and 1948, at

318-564: Is a four-part work based on the Moomin compositions of composer and producer Heikki Mäenpää. It was created on the basis of the original Moomin works for the Tampere Art Museum. Twenty new Moomin songs were produced in Finland by Timo Poijärvi and Ari Vainio in 2006. This Finnish album contains no original lyrics by Jansson. However, it is based on the novel, Comet in Moominland , and adheres to

371-567: Is based on the Moomin on the Riviera comic strip story and has been first released on 10 October 2014 in Finland to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tove Jansson's birth. The film is heavily faithful to the original comic strip story, while it features some elements from other comic strip stories and adds several characters who didn't appear in the original story to the film such as Little My and Snufkin . Schildts Schildts Förlags Ab

424-497: Is based on the 1990 TV series, where Moomintroll is the game's protagonist. The player goes through six different stories throughout the duration of the game. Two video games were released for Nintendo DS , one exclusive to Japan. Moomin Tani no Okurimono was released in Japan on November 19, 2009. The game was never released in Finland or elsewhere than Japan and China. On November 3, 2021,

477-583: Is dedicated to exclusively performing the original lyrics and unaltered stories by Tove Jansson. This band is led by Pohjola on piano, with vocalists Mirja Mäkelä and Eeppi Ursin. Independent musical interpretations of the Moomins have been made for the nineties anime , by Pierre Kartner , with translated versions being made including in Poland and the Nordic countries . Their lyrics, however, often contain simple slogans and

530-772: Is the Moomin Theme Park especially for children. Moomin World is located on the island of Kailo beside the old town of Naantali , near the city of Turku in Western Finland . The blueberry-coloured Moomin House is the main attraction; tourists are allowed to freely visit all five stories. It is also possible to see the Hemulen's yellow house, Moominmama's kitchen, the Fire Station, Snufkin's Camp, Moominpappa's boat, etc. Visitors may also meet Moomin characters there. Moomin World opens for

583-669: The British Associated Newspapers comic strip syndicate and the original publisher was the Evening News newspaper. The series originally appeared in newspapers from 1954 to 1975. At its peak, Moomin appeared in over 40 countries and about 120 papers, with over 20 million readers daily, making it the most successful Finnish comic strip ever published. Tove and Lars Jansson received the Finnish Comic Strip Association's " Puupää-hattu " award in 1980. In

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636-623: The Polish – Austrian puppet animation TV series , The Moomins , which was broadcast and became popular in an edited form in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Two feature films re-use the footage of the Polish-Austrian series: Moomin and Midsummer Madness had its release in 2008, and in 2010 the Moomins appear in the first Nordic 3-D film production, with the title song by Björk , in Moomins and

689-472: The 1960s and 1970s, when Tove and Lars Jansson produced a series of Moomin dramas for Swedish Television. The simple, yet effective melodies by Tauro were well received by the theater and TV audiences. The first songs were either sung unaccompanied or accompanied by a pianist. While the most famous Moomin songs in Scandinavia are undoubtedly "Moomintroll's Song" and "Little My's Song", they appear in no context in

742-439: The 1990s, a comic book version of Moomin was produced in Scandinavia after Dennis Livson and Lars Jansson's Moomin animated series was shown on television. The Janssons had no involvement in these comic books. However, in the wake of the comic book's success, two new Moomin comic strips were launched under the artistic and content oversight of Lars and his daughter, Sophia Jansson-Zambra . Sophia now provides sole oversight for

795-432: The 1990s, a comic book version of Moomin was produced in Scandinavia after Dennis Livson and Lars Jansson's animated series was shown on television. Neither Tove nor Lars Jansson had any involvement in these comic books; however, in the wake of the series, two new Moomin comic strips were launched under the artistic and content oversight of Lars and his daughter, Sophia Jansson-Zambra . Sophia now provides sole oversight for

848-470: The Comet Chase . The animated film titled Moomins on the Riviera is based on Moomin comic strip story Moomin on the Riviera and was first released on 10 October 2014 in Finland and made its premiere on 11 October 2014 at BFI London Film Festival in United Kingdom. In an October 2014 blog article at Screendaily , Sophia Jansson states that the film's "artistic team has made an effort to be true to

901-653: The Comet Chase (2010). The lyrics were written by the Icelandic writer Sjón . In 2010, Russian composer Lex Plotnikoff (founder of symphonic metal band Mechanical Poet ) released a new-age music album Hattifatteners: Stories from the Clay Shore , accompanied by photos of moomin characters models by photographer/sculptor Tisha Razumovsky. Due to copyright issues, the album was later re-released as Mistland Prattlers , with references to Moomins removed. Several stage productions have been made from Jansson's Moomin series, including

954-516: The Moominhouse by Tove Jansson historian Ant O'Neill was premiered in a reading at the ArchWay With Words literary festival on 25 September 2017. The books and comic strips have been translated from their original Swedish and English respectively into many languages. The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My is the first Moomin book to be adapted for iPad . The Moomins also appeared in

1007-511: The Moomins was located at Scandinavia House , New York City , from November 11, 2006, till March 31, 2007. Akebono Children's Forest Park ( あけぼの子どもの森公園 , Akebono Kodomo no Mori Kōen ) , also called "Moomin Valley", is a Moomin themed park for children in Hannō, Saitama in Japan that opened in July, 1997. Tove Jansson had already in the 1970s given her personal permission to the city of Hannō to build

1060-528: The Snork Maiden , Snufkin and Little My are accepted into or attach themselves to the family group from time to time, generally living separate lives in the surrounding Moominvalley , where the series is set, and in which the Moomin family decides to live at the end of The Moomins and the Great Flood . Critics have interpreted various Moomin characters as being inspired by real people, especially members of

1113-678: The Summer season. On December 26, 2020, the underground Moomin Ice Cave theme park was opened 30 meters underneath the Spa Hotel Vesileppis in Leppävirta (56 kilometres (35 mi) south of Kuopio ). The Moomin Ice Cave includes Moomin-themed ice sculptures , downhill skiing and other activities for families with children. The Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum is a museum devoted to

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1166-586: The Swedish-language local newspapers Västra Nyland and Vasabladet , and in 1957 in Åbo Underrättelser . Most newspapers publishing the Moomin comic strip were European, but it was also published in more distant places. In North America, it was finally sold to the Canadian Toronto Daily Star , but in the United States , no newspaper worthy of note accepted it on its pages. The strip

1219-588: The United Kingdom. In a letter to Jansson in January 1952, Sutton asked if she was willing to transfer the Moomins to comic strip format: At the time, Tove Jansson had already had experience in drawing Moomin comic strips. She had already published a long comic strip story Mumintrollet och jordens undergång in the Finland-Swedish Ny Tid newspaper in 1947, which was loosely based on her book Comet in Moominland . The comic strip attracted strong criticism from

1272-781: The anime series as well. The second season, known as sequel anime series Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary ( 楽しいムーミン一家 冒険日記 , Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Bōken Nikki ) in Japan , has also several episodes based on the comic strip stories more rather than original novels made by Tove Jansson. Notably, few episodes featured time traveling with the time machine, that has accidentally created by Moominpapa. Both of seasons' episodes are directed by Hiroshi Saitô and Masayuki Kojima . The 2014 traditional animated comedy film directed by Xavier Picard and produced by Hanna Hemilä ,

1325-497: The artist in great detail. For a time, the syndicate sought a separate writer for the strip, but in the end, the decision was that Jansson would both write and draw the strip herself. The newspaper that would publish the Moomin comic strip ended up being Evening News , part of the Associated Newspapers syndicate, which was the largest afternoon newspaper at the time, with a circulation of 12 million. The comic strip Moomin

1378-416: The author's family, and Tove Jansson spoke in interviews about the backgrounds of, and possible models for, her characters. The first two books about the Moomins ( The Moomins and the Great Flood and Comet in Moominland ) were published in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and deal with natural disasters; they were influenced by the upheavals of war and Jansson's depression during the war years. The reception of

1431-535: The character Too-Ticky in Moominland Midwinter . Moomintroll and Little My have been seen as psychological self-portraits of the artist. The Moomins, generally speaking, relate strongly to Jansson's own family – they were bohemian , lived close to nature and were very tolerant towards diversity . Moominpappa and Moominmamma are often seen as portraits of Jansson's parents Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson . Most of Jansson's characters are on

1484-790: The first three months in 2019. As of January 2019, there are 20 Moomin Shops around the world, offering an extensive range of Moomin-themed goods. Finland, home of the Moomins, has three stores. There are two stores in the UK, one in the US, six in Japan. China and Hong Kong each have one store. There are three in South Korea and three in Thailand. One store exists in Kraków, Poland. Moomin comic strips Moomin ( Swedish : Mumin / Mumintrollen ; Finnish : Muumipeikko )

1537-399: The first two Moomin books was lukewarm at first; the second book got a little more attention than its predecessor, but its sales figures were still poor. The third book, Finn Family Moomintroll , which was the first Moomin book translated into English, became the first international bestseller. Tove Jansson's life partner was the graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä , whose personality inspired

1590-462: The form of comic strips . Their first appearance was in 1947 in the children's section of the Ny Tid newspaper, and they were introduced internationally to English readers in 1954 in the popular London newspaper The Evening News . Tove Jansson drew and wrote all the strips until 1959. She shared the work load with her brother Lars Jansson until 1961; after that he took over the job until 1975 when

1643-598: The last strip was released. Drawn & Quarterly , a Canadian graphic novel publisher, released reprints of all The Evening News strips created by both Tove and Lars Jansson beginning in October 2006. The first five volumes, Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip have been published, whilst the sixth volume, published in May 2011, began Moomin: The Complete Lars Jansson Comic Strip . The 2015 publication Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition collected all of Tove's work. In

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1696-454: The left-wing readers of the newspaper, who thought the Moomins were too bourgeois , and the newspaper did not order any more comic strips from Jansson. After Sutton's offer, Jansson made a seven-year contract to draw Moomin comic strips in June 1952. Before the comic was published, Jansson developed the strip together with the comic press of Associated Newspapers, and particularly Charles Sutton guided

1749-471: The music is written in a children's pop music style and contrast sharply with the original Moomin novels and Jansson's pictorial and descriptive, yet rhyming lyricism, as well as Erna Tauro's Scandinavian-style songs ( visor ), which are occasionally influenced by Kurt Weill . A Moomin opera was written in 1974 by the Finnish composer Ilkka Kuusisto ; Jansson designed the costumes. Musicscapes from Moominvalley

1802-621: The music-themed adventure game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley was announced. The game features Snufkin as the protagonist, as he attempts to restore harmony within Moominvalley. The game is developed by Norwegian-based indie game company Hyper Games. The game's soundtrack features music from Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós , taken from their 2002 album ( ) . The game was released for Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2024. Moomin World ( Muumimaailma in Finnish, Muminvärlden in Swedish)

1855-488: The novels. The original songs by Jansson and Tauro remained scattered after their initial release. The first recording of the complete collection was made in 2003 by composer and arranger Mika Pohjola on the Moomin Voices CD ( Muminröster in Swedish), as a tribute to the late Tove Jansson. Tauro had died in June 1993 and some of Jansson's last lyrics were composed by Pohjola in cooperation with Jansson's heirs. Pohjola

1908-553: The original drawings and the original text". The Moomin novels describe the musical activities of the Moomins, particularly those of Snufkin, his harmonica with "trills" and "twiddles". All Moomin characters sing songs, often about their thoughts and themselves. The songs often serve as core statements of the characters' personalities. This music was heard outside Moominvalley after they went live on theater stage in Stockholm . Director Vivica Bandler told Jansson in 1959: "Listen, here

1961-400: The original stories. The songs are performed by Samuli Edelmann , Sani, Tommi Läntinen , Susanna Haavisto and Jore Marjaranta and other established Finnish vocalists in the pop/entertainment genre. The same twenty compositions are also available as standalone multimedia CD postcards. The Icelandic singer Björk has composed and performed the title song (Comet Song) for the film Moomins and

2014-469: The original works of Tove Jansson. It contains around 2,000 works. The museum is based on the Moomin books and has many original Moomin illustrations by Tove Jansson. The gem of the collection is a blue five-storey model of the Moominhouse, which had Tove Jansson as one of its builders. As a birthday present, the 20-year-old museum received a soundscape work based on the works of Tove Jansson, called Musicscapes from Moominvalley. An interactive playroom about

2067-665: The people want songs". The earlier version of the play was cast in Helsinki with no music. Helsinki based pianist and composer Erna Tauro was commissioned to write the songs to lyrics by Jansson. The first collection consisted of six Moomin Songs ( Sex muminvisor ): Moomintroll's Song ( Mumintrollets visa ), Little My's Song ( Lilla Mys visa ), Mrs. Fillyjonk's Song ( Fru Filifjonks sång ), Theater Rat Emma's Words of Wisdom ( Teaterråttan Emmas visdomsord ), Misabel's Lament ( Misans klagolåt ) and Final Song ( Slutsång ). More songs were published in

2120-452: The request of the editor, a friend of Jansson's, Atos Wirtanen . The series was published with two new strips weekly, and was mainly an adaptation of Comet in Moominland . The series has been reprinted in book form under the name Jorden går under ( The World is Ending ) by the newspaper. The main series of Moomin comic strips were made directly for the British market: they were spread by

2173-418: The strips. The story of the Moomins has been made into television series on many occasions by various groups, possibly the most well known of which is a Japanese – Dutch collaboration, that has also produced a feature-length film . However, there are also two Soviet serials, puppet animation Mumi-troll ( Moomintroll ) and cutout animation Shlyapa Volshebnika ( Magician's Hat ) of three parts each, and

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2226-580: The strips. The original comic strip stories made by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson has had adaptations including Moomin (1990) anime series and the 2014 animated film based on Moomin on the Riviera comic strip story. The comic strip was born, when Charles Sutton , the leader of the Associated Newspapers syndicate contacted Tove Jansson. Jannson's first Moomin books Comet in Moominland (1946) and Finn Family Moomintroll (1948) had already been translated to English and had been successful in

2279-468: The term mumintroll was originally coined during her childhood by her uncle: to deter the young Jansson from taking food from his pantry, the uncle told her that it was inhabited by "cold moomintrolls", which would come out of the corners and rub their noses against Jansson if she came to steal food. The mysterious creatures would then follow Jansson as she grew up. In a letter to Paul Ariste , an Estonian linguist, Jansson wrote in 1973 that she had created

2332-557: The verge of melancholy , such as the always formal Hemulen , or the strange Hattifatteners , who travel in concerted, ominous groups. Jansson uses the differences between the characters' philosophies to provide a venue for her satirical impulses. The books in the series, in order, are: All of the books in the main series except The Moomins and the Great Flood (Originally: Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen ) were translated and published in English between 1951 and 1971. This first book

2385-558: The word moomintroll to expresses something soft: She came up with an ad hoc Swedish word mumintroll , because, in her opinion, the consonant sound of m in particular conveys a sensation of softness . As an artist, Jansson gave the Moomins a shape that also expresses softness, as opposed to flabbiness. The Moomin stories concern several eccentric and oddly-shaped characters, some of whom are related to each other. The central family consists of Moominpappa , Moominmamma and Moomintroll . Other characters, such as Hemulens , Sniff ,

2438-622: Was a Swedish-language book publisher in Finland . The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner . On 1 February 2012, Schildts and Söderströms merged into one publishing house, Schildts & Söderströms . After an apprenticeship at his uncle's bookstore, Holger Schildt  [ sv ; fi ] founded

2491-580: Was a success, and later performances were held in Sweden and Norway, including recently at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre in 2011. Mischief and Mystery in Moominvalley, a production created by Get Lost and Found which included puppetry and a giant pop-up book set, toured the UK from 2018, with runs at London's Southbank Centre, Kew Gardens and the Manchester Literature Festival. This production

2544-699: Was also the arranger of all songs for a vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra. All voices were sung by Åland native vocalist, Johanna Grüssner . The same recording has been released in a Finnish version in 2005, Muumilauluja . The Finnish lyrics were translated by Kirsi Kunnas and Vexi Salmi . The Swedish and Finnish recordings of Moomin Voices, and their respective musical scores, have been used as course material at Berklee College of Music in Boston , Massachusetts. The Moomin Voices Live Band (aka. Muumilauluja-bändi )

2597-702: Was divided into episodes, each with distinct titles and storylines. The comic strips are currently being republished in a set of hardback books, in original publication order, by Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly . The first five volumes collect the Tove and Tove/Lars strips, and are titled Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip . The sixth and subsequent volumes collects Lars' strips, and are titled Moomin: The Complete Lars Jansson Comic Strip . The Moomin (1990) anime series featured several episodes, which are loose adaptations based on comic strip stories, while several characters from comic strips are featured in

2650-562: Was established in 1996. Schildts was a partner in Förlagssystem Finland  [ sv ] and Alfabeta Bokförlag  [ sv ] in Sweden. The publisher's annual output was 30–40 titles for the general editorial staff, some 30 textbooks, 20–30 Finnish books, and partial editions from Sweden. The range included fiction, nonfiction, children's books and encyclopedias, including the encyclopedia Uppslagsverket Finland . In nonfiction, Schildts focused on cultural history in

2703-490: Was eventually translated into English in 2005 by David McDuff and published by Schildts of Finland for the 60th anniversary of the series. A later 2012 version of the same translation, featuring Jansson's new preface to the 1991 Scandinavian printing, was published in Britain by Sort of Books , and was more widely distributed. There are also five Moomin picture books by Tove Jansson: The first official translation of Villain in

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2756-461: Was first published in the newspaper on 20 September 1954. Sutton had organised a very prominent advertisement campaign to support the start of the new comic strip. The strip was quickly sold to other countries, particularly the Nordic countries . In Finland, the strip started on 21 April 1955 in Ilta-Sanomat , the largest afternoon newspaper in the country. In the same year, the strip also started in

2809-530: Was written by Emma Edwards and Sophie Ellen Powell with puppets and set designed and made by Annie Brooks. In 1997, Muumit ja Taikurin hattu  [ fi ] ( The Moomins and the Hobgoblin's Hat ) was developed by Norsk Strek AS and published by WSOY , later Nordic Softsales. It was only released for the PC . In 2000, Moomin's Tale , developed and published by Sunsoft , was released for Game Boy Color . The game

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