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FAUNI-HISTORY IN PICTURES
The TROLL STORY started in
1952, and in our archives we have thousands of photographs and copies of
hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles from all over the world,
covering the exciting and -at least to us- incredible events in our journey with
the Trolls.
This page will keep changing as
we add pictures - eventually this will be the whole fifty years of our Troll
History in pictures and a few words. Right now we start with a collage of
pictures of our FAUNI-trolls, handcrafted in Finland by our company ATELIER
FAUNI, later called OY FAUNI LTD.
TROLL
PHILOSOPHY MORE
HISTORY
A COLLECTION OF OUR FAUNI TROLLS IN THE
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INVENTOR TROLL HONEYLIPS AT WORK WITH
HIS LATEST INVENTION. IN FINLAND, THIS TROLL WAS CALLED SIMASUU.
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THIS IS A PICTURE FROM OUR CATALOG CIRCA
1967.
FROM THE TOP LEFT: GHOST TROLLS (KUMMITUS IN FINNISH), LITTLE LONG-HAIRED
MUKSU TROLLS, ON THE SECOND ROW LITUSKA GUARDIAN TROLLS IN DIFFERENT
SIZES.
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FROM THE SAME CATALOG, TWO MOKO MESSENGER
TROLLS UP IN THE AIR. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, MURRIBOY IN DIFFERENT COLORS,
AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE NOBLE TROLL POET AND LEADER OF TROLLDOM,
TRUMPETNOSE. TRUMPETNOSE WAS CALLED TORVINOKKA IN FINNISH.
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SUMPPI BECAME ONE OF OUR MOST FAMOUS
TROLLS. HERE WE SEE THE WHOLE SUMPPI FAMILY.
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ON THE TOP ROW, THE MUSHROOM FAMILY
(TATTIAINEN IN FINNISH), THE BLUE TROLL IS PEETU. ON THE BOTTOM,
NOPPA-POPPA FAMILY, BUSINESS TROLL MR. EDWARD AND INVENTOR TROLL
HONEYLIPS,
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ON THE TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: PEIKKO - SIMILAR
TO THE FIRST TROLL HELENA KUUSKOSKI MADE IN THE EARLY 1950'S, THEN NIPI
BOY AND GIRL AND THE LITTLE MAGICIAN HIP.
COLORFUL NAKSU TROLLS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, HIMMI AND HISKI ON THE RIGHT.
THESE TWO NOW GO BY THE NAME OF LILLI AND BUSTER.
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A VARIETY OF TROLLS ON DISPLAY IN A STORE
IN HELSINKI, FINLAND.
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THIS IS OUR COLLECTION OF TROLL PILLOWS.
THEY WERE SOFT AND CUDDLY, 14-18" TALL.
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FROM OUR IN-HOUSE SILK SCREEN PRINTING
DEPARTMENT, A VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
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SILK SCREEN PRINTED CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS FOR CHILDREN.
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CHECK BACK TO SEE MORE PICTURES VERY SOON. WE'LL DIG UP
SOME FROM THE EARLIEST YEARS, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF HELENA KUUSKOSKI'S
EARLY SKETCHES OF THE TROLLS.
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