Skurken i Muminhuset Moomins and their friends used in the books are now on display at the Moomin Museum in Tampere. Although published in Swedish and Finnish, the book has never been published in English. The first official translation of "Villain in the Moominhouse" by Tove Jansson historian Ant O'Neill was premiered in a reading at the ArchWay With Words literary festival on 25 September 2017. Skurken i Muminhuset Skurken i Muminhuset, or "Villain in the Moominhouse", is a picture book from 1980 by the Finnish-Swedish author Tove Jansson, published in 1980. The final Moomin story written by Jansson, the story revolves around
Tove Jansson her father, Viktor Jansson, was a sculptor, and her mother, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, was a Swedish-born graphic designer and illustrator. Tove's siblings also became artists: Per Olov Jansson became a photographer and Lars Jansson an author and cartoonist. Whilst their home was in Helsinki, the family spent many of their summers in a rented cottage on an island near Borgå, 50 km east of Helsinki. Jansson studied at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, in Stockholm in 1930–33, the Graphic School of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1933–1937, and finally at L'École d'Adrien Holy and L'École des Beaux-Arts