List of Moomin characters

Moominpappa (Swedish: Muminpappan) – orphaned in his younger years, he is a somewhat restless soul who left the orphanage to venture out into the world in his youth, but has now settled down.

(Swedish: Snorkfröken – snorkig, "snooty, snotty"; fröken, "Miss") – Moomintroll's fair lady friend and admirer.

(Fraulein means "Miss" in German, but is mistakenly Anglicised as "Floren" in the English subtitles for the series) (Swedish: Snusmumriken – dialectical snusmumrik or mumrik, "old man who talks carelessly; old codger, old bore; old snuff-taker; snotty or scruffy old man," derived from snus, "snuff, chewing tobacco" + interjection mum, also in mumla "mumble," with pejorative ending -ik) – Moomintroll's best friend, the son of the elder Mymble and the Joxter, and half-brother to the Mymble's daughter and Little My.

[15] He lives a nomadic lifestyle, only staying in Moominvalley in the spring and summer, but leaving for warmer climates down south every winter.

She is a witch-in-training herself, and develops several magic skills during the series, most notably walking on water, underwater-breathing, and running at lightning speed.

In The Moomins and the great flood, Moominmama encounters a territorial antlion that sprays sand in her eyes and then tries to drag her down into his den.

Aunt Jane (in Finnish Jenni-täti) is the rich and cranky sister of Moominpappa's mother who appeared in the comic Moomin and Family Life.

He owns a fairground full of surprises, sits on a throne and gives a blast on his foghorn when he makes royal proclamations.

(Swedish: den som bor under diskbänken) – a small furry creature that lives under the sink in Moomin House.

He accidentally aids the launch of the Oshun Oxtra (Ocean Orchestra), a boat invented by Moominpappa's childhood friend, Hodgkins, by sitting in a river bed.

(Swedish: Filifjonkan – no semantic meaning, but with the first element compare filibuffare "joker", filidera, "make bad noise", and with the second, fjompa/fjanta/fjolla + -an = "silly/foolish/fussy woman") The first Fillyjonks we hear of are the late theatre director in Moominsummer Madness (Emma the stage-rat is his widow) and the young Fillyjonk who joins the Snork Maiden in the late night jaunt to the wishing well.

Not a single moment of fantasy or joy, only duties and discipline; she is an extremely methodical person tied down with principles and has a deep rooted belief in prestige and tradition.

Nevertheless, after a catastrophe, the Fillyjonk can be freed from the trammels of social expectation and can discover the joys of freedom, irrationality and self-expression.

She appears most prominently in The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My as well as in Tales from Moominvalley in the stories "The Fillyjonk who Believed in Disasters" and "The Fir Tree".

(Swedish: Onkelskruttet – onkel, "uncle," also used in the meaning "grandfather"; for the second element, see under Miffle) – an old man who appears in Moominvalley in November.

(Swedish: Mårran – morra "to growl; to grumble", Finnish: Mörkö – "[The] Bogey") – cold and ghost-like, anything she touches will freeze.

Other characters frequently find the Hemulens annoying or overwhelming, as they can be somewhat loud, bossy, abrasive and insensitive, but they are well-intentioned and usually have other redeeming qualities.

A female Hemulen raised Moominpappa in an orphanage, and later Moominpappa met her aunt, who looked confusingly like her[24] (Swedish: Trollkarlen – "The Wizard") – appearing in Finn Family Moomintroll (Swedish: Trollkarlens hatt), he is a powerful magician who travels the Universe with his flying panther, looking for the King's Ruby.

He builds the Oshun Oxtra (misspelling of Ocean Orchestra in English, known as Haffsårkestern in Swedish), a boat in which Moominpappa and his friends travel on their adventures.

Joxter also shares his son’s dislike of authority figures stating that their family was at war with a park keeper in The Exploits of Moominpappa.

(Swedish: Rådd-djuret – rådda "to fuss or muddle or mess about" + djur, "animal") – The nephew of Hodgkins and Sniff's father.

(Swedish: Bisamråttan) – a philosopher who believes in the pointlessness of things and reads Spengler, appears in Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll.

(Swedish: Mymlan – mymla, a slang word used in Tove Jansson's circle, with the meaning "to love";[25] compare mumla, "to mumble";[26]) – "the Mymble" is a description given to two different characters.

[27] (Swedish: klippdassar – "rock hyraxes"; compare dassa, "patter or sneak around, walk quietly; (in some areas) hurry up when working; (in child language and rhymes) dance"; also called by the variant name klibbtassar, explained as klibba/klibbig, "to stick/sticky" + tass, "paw") – small aquatic creatures, which chew off people's noses if they are too long for their taste.

(Swedish – a real female first name, mostly used as a nickname, e.g. for Anna) – Ninny first appears in Tales From Moomin Valley in the story "The Invisible Child".

In the animated 1990 series, he is described as an avid inventor who has strong belief in the power of science and an obsession with building a flying vehicle.

(Stinky: from English, although Swedish also has the verb stinka (to stink) – a criminal by profession, trickster, and a dangerous influence who tempts the Moomin family to do things that are against the law or otherwise cause problems for them for his own entertainment.

vifta, "wave"; compare the names of Tove Jansson and Vivica Bandler) – two little creatures who turn up in Moominvalley with a large suitcase, which contains the King's Ruby.

short and/or plump woman"; knytt, dialectical noun from knyst, "the slightest sound") – Toffles are small creatures, shy, scared and confused.

In Episode 77 of Season 1 ("The Great Race") of the 1990 edition, Mr. Hemulen refers to the Witch as Clarissa, which is what she is called in the Japanese version.