Moomin mugs

Moomin mugs are a series of collectible mugs with Moomin characters, manufactured by the Finnish ceramics brand Arabia.^[1] The mugs are designed by Tove Slotte, with the images based on original drawings by cartoonists Tove and Lars Jansson.^[2] The mug itself is a 0.3 litres (0.066 imp gal; 0.079 US gal) ceramics mug of the series "Teema", designed by Kaj Franck in the late 1970s.^[3]

The first Moomin tableware was produced by Arabia in the 1950s, and the current Moomin mugs were introduced in 1990. Three to five different new mugs are put on the market annually, including limited edition items for summer and Christmas seasons. Moomin mugs are popular collectibles, especially in the Nordic countries.^[4] The most valuable ones are the limited edition mugs made for the Fazer café and the Stockmann department store. The 2004 Fazer special mug was sold in December 2012 at online auction for more than 26,000 Swedish krona ($4,000).^[5][6] In 2021, the "Swimming with Seashells" mug sold for a record sum 236,478 Swedish krona ($27,500).^[7]

List of Moomin mugs

Mug #	Years in production	Mug	Note
1	1990–1993	Mug Green
2	1990–1996	Mug Blue
3	1990–1993	Mug Rose
4	1990–1996	Mug Yellow
5	1991–1990	Dark Blue
6	1991–1996	Dark Green
7	1991–1996	Dark Yellow
8	1991–1999	Dark Rosa
9	1996–2002	Drawing
10	1996–2002	Peace
11	1996–2002	Office
12	1996–	Love
13	1997–2002	Christmas Greeting
14	1999–2013	Moominpappa Thinking
15	1999–2013	Moominmamma and Berries
16	1999–2012	Moomintroll on Ice
17	1999–2007, 2011	Little My Sliding
18	1999–2000	Millennium
19	2001–2012	Snorkmaiden
20	2001–	Stinky
21	2002–2008	Sniff
22	2002–2014	Snufkin
23	2002–2009, 2011	Family
24	2004–2013	Fillyjonk
25	2004–2013	Hemulen
26	2004–2005	Christmas Mug
27	2004	Fazer Special Mug
28	2005–	Groke
29	2005	Moomintroll Daydreaming
30	2005–2017	Thingumy and Bob
31	2006–2015	Too-Ticky
32	2006	Dive	A small test batch of this mug was made with seashells on the print. This mug went for big money at auction in 2021.
33	2006	Winternight
34	2007–	Hattifnatteners
35	2007	Dolphin dive
36	2007	Snow lantern
37	2008–2014	Little My
38	2008–	Mymble
39	2008	On the Beach
40	2008–	Sniff Turqoise
41	2008	Winter Bonfire
42	2009–	Inspector
43	2009	Siesta
44	2009–2013	Adventure
45	2009	Christmas Surprise
46	2010	Night Sailing
47	2010–	Muddler
48	2010	Rose Garden
49	2010	Skiing Competition
50	2011–2020	Fuzzy
51	2011	Soap Bubbles
52	2011	Winter Games
53	2012	Hurray!
54	2012–	Mymble's mother
55	2012	Primadonna's Horse
56	2012	Stockmann 150th Anniversary
57	2012	Winter Forest
58	2013–2020	Snorkmaiden Pink
59	2013–2018	Moomintroll Turquoise
60	2013	Snorkmaiden and Poet
61	2013–	Adventure Move
62	2013	Under the Tree
63	2014	Tove's Jubilee (Tove Jansson's 100th Anniversary)	Every 6th mug produced had a pair of Tove Jansson's glasses as decoration on the inside of the mug.
64	2014–2020	Moominmamma Apricot
65	2014–	Moominpappa Dark blue
66	2014	Sail with Niblings and Too-Ticky
67	2014–2015 Winter mug	Skiing with Mr. Brisk
68	2015–	Moominhouse
69	2015	Keep waters clean
70	2015–	Snufkin Green
71	2015–	Little My Red
72	2015 Summer mug	Moment on the Shore
73	2015–2016 Winter mug	Hibernation
74	2016	Our Coast
75	2016–	Too-ticky Violet
76	2016–	Ancestor Black
77	2016 Summer mug	Midsummer	The last mug that was produced in Finland
78	2016–2017 Winter mug	Snow Horse
79	2017 Summer mug	Summer Theater
80	2017 Special edition mug	Moominvalley
81	2017–	True to its origins
82	2017–2018 Winter mug	Spring Winter
83	2018–	Thingumy and Bob Green
84	2018–	The Hobgoblin Purple
85	2018 Summer mug	Going on vacation
86	2018	Friendship (only sold in Finland and Iceland)
87	2018 Special edition mug	Moomin's Day	sold only on Moomin's Day 9 August 2018
88	2018–2019 Winter mug	Light Snowfall
89	2019–	Moomintroll Grassgreen
90	2019–	Ninny Powder
91	2019	Moominvalley Park Japan	only sold in Japan's Moominvalley Park
92	2019	Evening Swim
93	2019	The Last Dragon
94	2019	Night of the Groke
95	2019	Golden Tale
96	2019	Midwinter
97	2019–	Sleep Well
98	2019–2020 Winter mug	Crown Snow-Load
99	2020	Snorkmaiden
100	2020	Misabel
101	2020	Relaxing
102	2020	The Fire Spirit
103	2020	Moominmamma's Mural
104	2020–21 Winter mug	Snow Blizzard
105	Moominmamma	2021-
106	Fillyjonk	2021 -
107	2021	Summer Together
108	2021	Moomin's Day 2021	Moomin's day exclusive only sold on August 9, 2021.
109	2021	In the Mountains	Norway exclusive
110	2021 -	Yellow 0,4L	A re-release of the 90s mug yellow in a bigger size.
111	2021 -	Blue 0,4L
112	2021 - 2022	Snow Moonlight
113	2022 -	Stinky in Action
114	2022 -	Little My and Meadow
115	2022 - 2023 Summer mug	Fishing
116	2022 -	Green 0,4L
117	2022 -	Rose 0,4L
118	2022	ABC Snufkin	Made for the charity collection of the Red Cross
119	2022	ABC Moomintroll	Made for the charity collection of the Red Cross
120	2022 - 2023 Winter mug	Winter Wonders
121	2022 -	ABC L 0,4L
122	2022 -	ABC O 0,4L
123	2022 -	ABC V 0,4L
124	2022 -	ABC E 0,4L
125	2023 -	ABC H 0,4L
126	2023 -	ABC M 0,4L
127	2023 -	Moominvalley Park Japan 2023	Only available in Moominvalley Park Japan
128	2023 -	Moominpappa
129	2023 -	Hemulen Yellow
130	2023 Summer mug	Garden Party
131	2023-	Love 0,4L
132	2023-	Peace 0.4L
133	2023	Sea Breeze	A special limited edition platinum edition was sold through a raffle celebrating Arabia's 150 anniversary.
134	2023	Journey	Special edition mug celebrating Finnair's 100th anniversary First Moomin mug released by Moomin Arabia’s new in-house design team and illustrator Parvati Pillai
135	2023-2024 Winter Mug	Sliding

Sources

• Moomin Mugs 1990 - 2019
• http://www.arabia.fi/eng/products/moomin-mug-listing
• Ninny, the Invisible Child, finally gets her own Moomin mug by Arabia!
• https://www.moomin.com/en/mugs/

References

1. "25 years of Moomin mugs - ceramic illustrator Tove Slotte". Moomin. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
2. Dodge, Kaelin (2021-02-22). "These Are Some of the Most Popular Souvenirs Around the World". Fodors Travel Guide. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
3. Design Museum – Kaj Franck Collection. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
4. "Moomin mug mania: Kajaani man owns full "secret" set". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
5. "Tästä Muumi-mukista maksettiin hurja hinta Ruotsissa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
6. "Defective ceramic Moomin mug fetches €6,100 at auction". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
7. "This Moomin Mug Set a New Record | Barnebys Magazine". Barnebys.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-03-21.

External links

• Moomin Mugs Collectors' Site