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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.