Tree-Kånken features a new material called Pine Weave. What is it and why is it special? JM: Pine Weave is a hardwearing biobased fabric where we have achieved volume-based traceability
About 30 years ago, Lollo Blomberg’s Granny Inga bought an orange Kånken at the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm. It was a Christmas gift for the entire family. Or,
Recently, we became the proud owners of our own Kånken and Kånken Art bags. Since we travel full time with our kids, we have taken them along on our adventures.
Åke Nordin, Founder of Fjällräven, 1936 – 2013: “We’ve been on this trek for over fifty years now. Let’s hope we never arrive.” One of the most successful manufacturers of
Fjällräven (pronounced: Fyahll-rah-ven) was founded in 1960 by Åke Nordin in Örnsköldsvik on Sweden’s High Coast. If you haven’t been to Sweden, just know that it is without a doubt
Donna: Swedish and Scandinavian design is seen around the world for being this super simplistic design that in some way just makes sense, while everything else is left off. I
“We’ve all had the experience of struggling to open a poorly designed backpack in the dark or the rain, or knowing we can’t put it down on a wet surface
What are a few of the most Swedish things that you can think of? If you were to make a little list, I’m guessing it would mention lingonberries, maybe Swedish
My Fjällräven backpack is filthy. (I shortsightedly got it in yellow.) But it should be. In the 6 years I have actually had it, I've put this bag with whatever.