The Moomins and the Great Flood good reception from the Guardian. The Moomins and the Great Flood The Moomins and the Great Flood (Swedish: "Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen", literally "The Little Trolls and the Great Flood") is a book written by Finnish author Tove Jansson in 1945, during the end of World War II. It was the first book to star the Moomins, but is often seen as a prelude to the main Moomin books, as most of the main characters are introduced in the next book. Moominmamma and Moomintroll are travelling through a dark and scary forest looking for Moominpappa, who has gone off
Finnish name Thus, the Finnish situation differs considerably from, for instance, Sweden, which has hundreds of thousands of Johanssons and Anderssons. The Swedish patronymics-like surnames are treated as any other surname. Real patronymics are handled like additional first names, i.e., one must still have a surname. An exception is Icelandic citizens resident in Finland, who are allowed to follow the Icelandic name tradition. The native Finnish tradition of first names was lost during the early Christian period, and by the 16th century, only Christian first names were accepted. The popular names were usually the names of saints whose cult was widespread. This