What are the Moomins?

We believe you don’t have to be a child to be young at heart to recognise a great story told in a beautiful way. The wonderful world of Moominvalley has been featured on Arabia products already since the 1950’s.

Moomin by Arabia is a collection of Finnish design tableware and ceramic decorative items that stand for high-quality and functionality with a story. Each collection features illustrations inspired by Tove Jansson’s beloved stories of the Moomins, a family of adventurous white and roundish trolls with large snouts, living in idyllic Moominvalley. Arabia and the Finnish-Swedish author and artist's first collaborative Moomin dishes were launched in the 1950s, nowadays highly sought-after collectables. 

The 1990 launch of the popular Moomin mugs marked the beginning of the great “Moomin boom” still well alive among the Moomin by Arabia fans all over the world. Over the decades, Moomin by Arabia products have become popular gifts, souvenirs and collector’s items used daily by thousands of people who love their design items with a delightful story.

The Moominphilosophy

The Moomin family and their friends live an adventurous life in the idyllic and peaceful Moominvalley in harmony with nature. They are a family of white and roundish trolls with large snouts. In creating the Moomin Tove Jansson got inspired from life around her, friends and family members. One loving and joyous, another a little bit grumpy – all facing the sometimes difficult issues we go through, but resolving them with a positive life philosophy created by Tove - the Moominphilosophy.

Moomin by Arabia is a collection of Finnish design tableware and ceramic decorative items that stand for high-quality and functionality with a story. Each collection features illustrations inspired by Tove Jansson’s beloved stories of the Moomins, a family of adventurous white and roundish trolls with large snouts, living in idyllic Moominvalley. Arabia and the Finnish-Swedish author and artist's first collaborative Moomin dishes were launched in the 1950s, nowadays highly sought-after collectables. 

The 1990 launch of the popular Moomin mugs marked the beginning of the great “Moomin boom” still well alive among the Moomin by Arabia fans all over the world. Over the decades, Moomin by Arabia products have become popular gifts, souvenirs and collector’s items used daily by thousands of people who love their design items with a delightful story.