Snufkin (Swedish: Snusmumriken) is Moomintroll's best friend. They visit each other at springtime.
Physical Appearance
Snufkin wears old green clothes and a wide brimmed hat he's had since birth. He lives in a tent, smokes a pipe and plays the harmonica.
About
Snufkin also has a great dislike for authority figures such as the Park Keeper, and the many regulation signs and fences he puts up, not to mention the Park Keeper`s dictating over the children in the said park , and as such is often thought of as an anarchist. At one point he sabotages The Park Keeper by planting Hattifatteners in his garden, causing them to grow and drive him out. He is the son of the Mymble and the Joxter, and is half-brother to the Mymble's daughter and Little My. Snufkin is an adventurer and a vagabond, admired by those who are small and shy. His prized possession is his harmonica. He plays his Spring Tune on the harmonica every time he returns to Moominvalley.
Snufkin prefers freely-growing foliage to fenced-in lawns. Snufkin keeps as few worldly possessions as possible, seeing them as a burden, and being happier keeping the memory of a thing than the thing itself. This aspect of his personality is contrasted in the character of Sniff. Tove Jansson based the character of Snufkin on her friend and one-time fiancé, Atos Wirtanen.
He is voiced by Paavo Kerosuo in the Swedish version of Moominvalley and Edvin Endre in the English version of Moominvalley.
Quotes
Appearances
Snufkin appears in the following books:
- 2. Comet in Moominland - The first appearance of Snufkin. Here he meets with Moomintroll and Sniff on the journey to the observatory in an attempt to prevent the comet hitting Moominland.
- 3 Finn Family Moomintroll - In this book, Snufkin's role as a solitary wanderer is firmly established: While he stays in Moominvalley during spring and early summer, in the late summer and last part of the book he leaves to go off on his wanderings, promising to return next spring.
- 4 The Exploits of Moominpappa - Snufkin plays a minor role in this book, as one of the people who listen to Moominpappa's story, but his family background is also explained as his father, the Joxter, is a main character in the story.
- 5 Moominsummer Madness - Here, Snufkin plays a larger role again. He battles a rule-obsessed Park Keeper, saves Little My when she gets separated from the rest of the family, and briefly (and unwillingly) becomes the father figure to a group of orphans.
- 7 Tales from Moominvalley - This book consists of several short stories, three of which heavily feature Snufkin:A Spring Tune, where a talkative squirrel keeps him from composing the melody he wants, The Last Dragon on Earth, where Moomintroll's newfound "pet" dragon falls in love with him, and Cedric, where he tells Sniff a story about his mother's aunt.
- 9 Moominvalley in November - In the last of the books, Snufkin and several other characters end up in a Moominvalley where the Moomins have left (they've gone to live on an island, as described in the previous book, Moominpappa at Sea) and have to try and live in the valley without their reassuring presence.
Snufkin also has cameo roles in the picture-books Who Will Comfort Toffle?, The Dangerous Journey and An Unwanted Guest. He is also generally a prominent character in other Moomin media, such as comics and TV series.
He is absent from The Moomins and the Great Flood, Moominland Midwinter and Moominpappa at Sea, though he is at least mentioned in both the latter books.
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