Sniff (Swedish: Sniff, Finnish: Nipsu)
Sniff is one of the first characters introduced in the Moomin series. Son of the Muddler and the Fuzzy, Sniff is one of Moomintroll’s good friends. He is immature and is interested in money. Sniff is always on the lookout for a scheme to get rich quickly.
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Sniff’s species is unknown. He resembles
a brown mouse or rat. He would become Moomintroll’s adopted brother later in
the series.
Sniff is the sole character on two
different Arabia Moomin mugs.
The rest of the Moomin characters can be found on the Moomin Family page.
-MM