Tove Jansson Niisku, was thin and ugly, with a long, narrow nose and devilish tail. Jansson said that she had designed the Moomins in her youth: after she lost a philosophical quarrel about Immanuel Kant with one of her brothers, she drew "the ugliest creature imaginable" on the wall of their outhouse and wrote under it "Kant". This Moomin later gained weight and a more pleasant appearance, but in the first Moomin book "The Moomins and the Great Flood" (originally "Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen"), the Immanuel-Kant-Moomin is still perceptible. The name "Moomin" comes from Tove Jansson's uncle, Einar Hammarsten: when she
Liberalism and centrism in Finland of the Finnish Center ("Suomen Keskusta"), member of LI and ELDR, is based on liberal ideas like decentralization, peasant-like freedom and progressivism. The Swedish minority party Swedish People's Party ("Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland") is also a member of LI, ELDR. The original liberal current is now organized in the Liberals ("Liberaalit"), a very small extra-parliamentary party. At the autonomous island of Åland the Liberals for Åland ("Liberalerna på Åland") are a dominant force. Centrists In the Contributions to liberal theory the following Finnish thinker is included: Liberalism and centrism in Finland This article gives an overview of liberalism and centrism