The 2024 edition of Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) has officially kicked off in London! Rights & Brands and Moomin Characters are excited to once again join the event. You can find us at stand C181, where we showcase exciting Moomin news and highlight our other beloved Scandinavian brands. With over 250 exhibitors across various sectors […]

Everyone is invited to a magical Moomin Family Day in Oslo, Norway on Saturday, September 21st. Rights & Brands together with licensees and partners hosted the first Moomin Family Day (Mummi Familiedag) in Oslo in August of last year. The family event was a huge success with close to 3000 happy Moomin fans in attendance. […]

Previously shown in Philadelphia, “Karin Larsson — Let the Hand Be Seen” is now on display at the American Swedish Institute, ASI, in Minneapolis, USA. The exhibition showcases the artistic works of Karin Larsson. “Karin Larsson – Let the Hand Be Seen” has previously been featured at the Kvarnen gallery at Carl Larsson-gården in Sundborn […]

On May 25th, the Gothenburg Museum of Art invites you to the opening of one of Ilon Wikland’s largest exhibitions in Sweden to date – Ilon Wikland’s visual worlds. Fairytales, adventures and everyday life. With over 400 original works, visitors will be given a unique insight into Ilon Wikland’s artistry – from the magic in […]

On Thursday, March 14, the 2024 Moomin Licensee Meeting was held at Berns in Stockholm, Sweden. The event welcomed over 350 guests to a day filled with keynote speakers, great discussions, networking, a licensee awards ceremony and more. The Moomin licensee meeting is a bi-annual meeting for all licensees, publishers and partners working with the […]

A major exhibition featuring Tove Jansson’s monumental murals will open at HAM, the Helsinki Art Museum, in October. The exhibition, Tove Jansson – Paradise, will dive into the artist’s large-scale works and her creative process, including charcoal drawings and other sketches that have never been displayed publicly before. Tove Jansson‘s commissioned works for public spaces […]

“Karin Larsson – Let the Hand Be Seen” is currently on display at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, USA, showcasing the artistic works of Karin Larsson. The exhibition will subsequently travel to Chicago and Minneapolis. Previously featured at the Kvarnen gallery Carl Larsson-gården in Sundborn during the summers of 2022 and 2023, Karin […]

Opening in the spring of 2024, the Gothenburg Museum of Art presents an extensive art exhibition with almost 400 original works by Ilon Wikland. The Gothenburg Museum of Art in Sweden has today announced that a new Ilon Wikland exhibition will open next spring – “Ilon Wiklands bildvärldar. Saga, äventyr och vardagsliv”.  Ilon Wikland is one of […]

Houses of Tove Jansson is the largest exhibition in central Europe and France to explore Tove Jansson’s vast life and career, presenting her work in a unique contemporary setting.  In addition to a wide selection of works from Jansson, the exhibition presents commissioned artworks by leading contemporary artists Carlotta Bailly-Borg, Anne Bourse, Ida Ekblad, Elmgreen […]

Rights & Brands together with Norwegian licensees and partners hosted a Moomin’s Day (“Mummi-dag”) in Oslo, Norway on August 26th. The family event was a huge success with close to 3000 happy Moomin fans in attendance. Over the past few years, the Moomin brand has been experiencing remarkable growth in Norway. In 2022, Moomin Characters […]

During the period 22 June to 3 September 2023, Tegnerforbundet – Center for Drawing Art presents the first solo exhibition of Tove Jansson in Norway. The exhibition shows a selection of drawings and paintings, with a focus on Jansson’s self-portraits. Tove Jansson was an artist who sought constant renewal. She did not limit herself to a […]

Houses of Tove Jansson is the first exhibition of its kind and the largest in central Europe and France to explore the life and career of the late Finnish artist and writer, and Moomin creator – Tove Jansson. The exhibition includes works that have not been publicly on display before, as well as newly commissioned artworks […]

Last week Akademibokhandeln and Bookmark Förlag invited guests to a magical night at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was to celebrate the launch of the new book ‘Ett hem: Carl & Karin Larssons värld’ by Bookmark Förlag and Akademibokhandeln’s new Carl & Karin Larsson collection that will hit stores all around Sweden on May […]

This morning the Formex fair opened its doors at Stockholmässan outside of Stockholm. Rights & Brands are to be found in stand AG:03-AG:11 with the exhibition Sagornas hantverk, Novita Moomin yarn and Marius of Norway.   During the Formex fair, January 17-20, Rights & Brands will participate as a guest exhibitor with ‘Sagornas hantverk’. The […]

During the Formex fair in Stockholm, January 17-20, Rights & Brands will participate as a guest exhibitor with ‘Sagornas hantverk’.  In the exhibition, Right & Brands in collaboration with the author and knitting expert Celia B Dackenberg and the Moomin yarn producer Novita, show knitted crafts and how some of our most beloved authors and illustrators […]

On Friday, December 9, a new exhibition opened at Liljevalch’s art gallery in Stockholm. The scenographic exhibition is called ‘ABC – Ö’ and wants to inspire children to learn letters using 13 different ABC books by authors and illustrators such as Gunilla Bergström (Alfie Atkins) Stig Lindberg, Stina Wirsén, and Tove Jansson.   The books […]

A new exhibition celebrating the works of artist Ilon Wikland has opened in Hannover, Germany. Until February 19, 2023, visitors can experience 250 original artworks from stories like Karlsson on the Roof and Lillebror, Mio, My Son, Lotta on Troublemaker Street, The Brothers Lionheart, and Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter at the Wilhelm Busch Museum.  Ilon […]

Every year, many charming Moomin theatre plays are staged around the world – here we list the places where you can see Moomin on the theatre stage at the moment! Some Moomin plays are presented more in-depth in separate articles on Moomin.com, here is a short summery per country. In Marionetteatern’s interpretation of Tove Jansson’s […]

The popular Tove Festival, previously organised in Stockholm, Reykjavik and Helsinki, arrives to Tampere Hall and the Moomin Museum on Friday 2nd of December 2022. The main program is in Finnish. Buy tickets now, or join the livestream online! The event celebrates the artist and author Tove Jansson and brings together respected influencers, who all […]

This week the Smurfs will guest the dxme print-on-demand shop at the digital culture center SPACE in Stockholm. Using augmented reality, dxme offers visitors a chance to create their own custom Smurf t-shirt using AR glasses, with special prints only available at the dxme store.   Dxme is a company that enables retailers to offer […]