About this objectTroll toy. Troll toys such as this have had various moments of extreme 'fad' popularity. In this country they are probably most associated with the 1990s, the time this one is probably from. Troll toys like these, originated in Denmark, created by Danish fisherman Thomas Damm for his daughter at Christmas 1959. His original doll was wooden but they are best known around the world as plastic toys, with glass eyes and bright colourful hair.
They had peaks of popularity in countries across the world in the 1960s 1970s and 1990s. A film, inspired by these trolls was released in 2016.
