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Fjällräven (Swedish for arctic fox; pronounced [ˈfjɛ̂lːˌrɛːvɛn]) is a Swedish brand specialising in outdoor equipment—mostly clothing and luggage. The company was founded in 1960 by Åke Nordin (1936–2013) from Örnsköldsvik in Northern Sweden. [1] [2] The company went public in 1983 with an over-the-counter listing in Stockholm. [4]
Woolrich, Inc., founded in 1830 by John Rich and Daniel McCormick, is the oldest manufacturer of outdoor wear in the United States. The company was founded for the purpose of manufacturing fabric for the wives of hunters, loggers and trappers. Later, the company also outfitted clothing supplies to the American Civil War.
Patagonia, Inc. is an American retailer of outdoor recreation clothing, equipment, and food. It was founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973 and is based in Ventura, California . [ 4 ] Patagonia operates stores in more than 10 countries globally, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] as well as factories in 16 countries.
H&M (Hennes & Mauritz), possibly the most well-known Scandinavian fashion brand, [8] is a Swedish based clothing line which began in 1947 in Västerås, Sweden, that has expanded worldwide. Starting out with only women's clothing, the company now sells men's, women's, and children's apparel, as well as home design products. [9]
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
Swedish brand Craft of Scandinavia is a producer of functional sports apparel. The company is based in Borås , an old and traditional textile industry town in the South of Sweden. The initial concept of its founder Anders Bengtsson was to develop underwear that propels moisture away from the skin during physical activity.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
The rulers of all the areas might be called petty kings, herser, subkings, kings or earls depending on the source. A number of small communities were gradually organised into larger regions in the 9th century, and in AD 872 King Harald Fairhair unified the realm and became its first supreme ruler. Many of the former kingdoms would later become ...