Moominvalley

Moominvalley
Map drawn by Tove Jansson for Finn Family Moomintroll.
Moomin location
Created by	Tove Jansson
Genre	Juvenile fantasy
Type	Valley
Notable locations	Moominhouse
Notable characters	Moomins
First appearance	The Moomins and the Great Flood

Moominvalley (Swedish: Mumindalen, Finnish: Muumilaakso) is a fictional place, where the Moomins live in the tales by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

Especially in the early books Moominvalley is depicted as a beautiful place with green slopes, rivers, fruit trees, flowers and a place for calm and peaceful life as in the tradition of pastoral poetry, and yet it is still threatened by natural forces such as flooding and volcanoes. The valley is surrounded by Lonely Mountains in the east and by other mountains in the south, while the west faces the sea. Thus, travel on land is often preceded by mountain climbing in the stories. It was inspired by Ängsmarn, a family retreat in Sweden, which is also situated on a grassy field facing the sea and surrounded by rocky outcrops. The Moominvalley is also a manifestation of Jansson's escapism; she often fantasized of establishing a colony in Morocco or moving to Basqueland or Tonga.

In Moominpappa at Sea, Moominvalley is depicted as a place of boredom.

Moominvalley is also formelly name for the Moomin Museum in Tampere, Finland.