Rights & Brands, the worldwide agent on behalf of iconic Swedish artists Carl and Karin Larsson, has launched a creative furniture collaboration with Design House Stockholm. Karin Larsson created furniture and textiles in a pre-modernist style in the late nineteenth century. Her rich, bold color palette is celebrated in paintings by her husband Carl Larsson. […]

Rights & Brands and Bulls Licensing (a division of Bulls) have merged to form one agency, specializing in Nordic rights and brands representation, acting as Rights & Brands, R&B. R&B is now the worldwide master agent on behalf of Moomin Characters, representing all publishing and licensing rights for the well-known design and publishing brand. Rights […]

It is wonderful to start this decade with joyous news. Lena Frölander-Ulf has won the 2020 Arvid Lydecken Prize for Nelson Tigerpaw (“Nelson Tigertass”). We warmly congratulate Lena for this well-deserved recognition. Arvid Lydecken jury: “An impressive story about small and lost Nelson Mareng, who after difficulties transforms into wise and fearless Nelson Tigerpaw… The journey […]

Muurla’s Moomin Originals series is a celebration of Tove Jansson’s original Moomin illustrations, that have become the crown jewels and most well-known designs for the modern Moomin enthusiasts. For this pristine series, Muurla comments they “have put our time and effort into creating forms and shapes that highlight the original and eminent drawings”. Simple, yet […]

Loved by adults and children alike, the Moomin family’s adventures revolve around universal themes, including friendship, respect for nature, tolerance, and equality. Moleskine revisits this imaginary world with two Limited Edition notebooks and a collector’s box that will bring the friendly Moomins into your life. Moleskine was created in 1997 to reimagine the legendary notebook […]

UNDONE is the world’s leading custom watch label in a quest for enabling everyone from all walks of life to create their unique personalized watch at a great value without sacrificing quality. In anticipation of Moomin’s coming 75th anniversary in 2020, the Hong Kong born UNDONE is celebrating with a fully customizable Moomin watch collection. […]

Tatty Devine, an iconic London-based jewellery company ranked as one of the 50 coolest brands in the world by Dazed and Confused, is the brainchild of Londoners Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine. Frustrated with the absence of exciting jewellery available, they founded Tatty Devine in 1999. Already early on their jewellery achieved a cult following […]

The much acclaimed Finnish-Swedish poet Tua Forsström has been inducted at the Swedish Academy’s ceremonial annual meeting 20th December 2019. By taking chair no. 18 she is the first Finnish citizen to become a member of the Swedish Academy. We congratulate both Tua Forsström and The Swedish Academy! Tua’s touching poetry collection “Notes” (Anteckningar) is […]

The second season of Moominvalley brings the beloved Moomins and their extended family back to our screens and living rooms. Sky (UK): Moominvalley S2 – Available 21 December 2019 BS4K (JPN): Season 2 launches on Jan 9, 2020 Yle (FIN): Season 2 launches on March 2, 2020 We are very much looking forward to the […]

Moominvalley, imagined and created by artist and author Tove Jansson, is full of excitement, wonders and adventures! The new Moomin range by Reima both sets you up for wind and rain as well as cosy moments at home. With these Moomin outfits, every day can be a new and wondrous adventure. Just like the magical […]

Moomin.com is constantly scouring the Moomin archives for lost gems by Tove Jansson, and ever so often what we find gets touched up and possibly relaunched in the shape of a never before seen poster or other printed item. Finding the right partner is key to making this work and Moomin.com now joins forces with […]

The cosy new Moomin Coffee café that opened in summer 2019 at Helsinki Airport sees passengers off for their flights with treats inspired by Moominvalley in magical surroundings built to make the experience as Moominous as possible. Located at Helsinki Airport next to gate 40 at the Non-Schengen area, Moomin Coffee café is the world’s […]

We are proud to see Malin Kivelä’s novel The Heart (Hjärtat) shortlisted for one of the most prestigious literary prizes in Finland, the 2020 Runeberg Prize. The winner will be announced 5th February 2020. Runeberg Jury: “Hjärtat by Malin Kivelä is a physical story that embodies trauma as a bodily and soulful experience. The narrator’s […]

More happy news this week as three books represented by R&B have been nominated for the 2020 Arvid Lydecken prize which is awarded to the best children’s book. Nominees include Nelson Tigerpaw (Nelson Tigertass)  by Lena Frölander-Ulf, Silkmonkey’s Laughter (Silkesapans skratt) by Annika Sandelin and Linda Bondestam, and The Duck Who Was Afraid to Fly […]

We are happy to share the news that the German rights to Wild House Trilogy (Villitalo) by Siri Kolu have been sold to FISCHER Kinder- und Jugendbuch Verlag after an exciting three-way auction.  Also, the Turkish rights have been sold to Ayrinti Yayinlari. Fischer’s editor Gesa Kunter acquired the rights to all three books which is a […]

The awards season continues as Malin Kivelä’s novel The Heart (Hjärtat) is nominated for the 2020 Runeberg Prize. The shortlist will be revealed in December 2019, and the winner will be announced 5th February 2020. The novel, based on the author’s own experiences is a deeply touching account by a woman whose new-born son has […]

We are excited to share the news that Nelson Tigerpaw (Nelson Tigertass), Vesta-Linnéa and Friends (Vesta-Linnéa och vännerna), Princess Pintsize – It’s Not Fair! (Prinsessa Pikkiriikki: Huutava vääryys) and The Duck Who Was Afraid to Fly (Sorsa Aaltonen ja lentämisen oireet) have all been nominated for the 2020 Runeberg Junior Prize. The winner of the […]

Rights & Brands is delighted to announce that TV option rights for the Vesta-Linnéa -series have been sold to Långfilm Productions. Vesta-Linnéa is a picture book series written by Tove Appelgren and illustrated by Salla Savolainen. The first book of the series Vesta-Linnéa and the Monster Mum, was published in 2001. The story about the […]

R&B is delighted to share the news that the novel Nelson Tigerpaw (Nelson Tigertass) by Lena Frölander-Ulf has been nominated for Finlandia Juvenile Literature Prize 2019! The winner will be announced on 27th November. Nelson Tigertass is a tender but pacy adventure story about a little boy who befriends a tiger and learns to stand […]

We’re delighted to announce that Malin Kivelä has won Swedish YLE Literature Prize for THE HEART (Hjärtat). The novel is a deeply touching account by a woman whose new-born son has a congenital heart defect. With the jury’s words: “At the center of the story is the feeling of powerlessness when facing a situation that […]