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 ...

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

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

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

The situations of the Moomin characters reflected Jansson’s reality, her niece said. That was true from the first book, in which Moomintroll and his mother go in search of Moominpapa, who is lost.

On Saturday, fans flocked to Tampere in southern Finland — home of the Moomin Museum — to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 1945 publication as well as Jansson’s Aug. 9, 1914, birthday.

Moomin Under Sail combines epic sailing adventures with unique management gameplay – create a perfect sailing ship by customizing, decorating and collecting items that any Moomin character would ...

On Saturday, fans flocked to Tampere in southern Finland — home of the Moomin Museum — to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 1945 publication as well as Jansson's Aug. 9, 1914, birthday.

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