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leather and had proven unsatisfactory. This inspired Nordin to entering the clothing market. He identified that a fabric that had proven too heavy for use in the company's lightweight tents would be durable enough for a jacket, but he needed to find a way of waterproofing it. Remembering that when he was a child at a local ski jump with his friends, they had prevented the snow from soaking through their trousers by rubbing the wax meant for their skis onto the fabric, he began experimenting with different wax solutions. He eventually developed a solution of
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The Fjällräven Kånken is Fjällräven's best-selling product. It was originally developed as a reaction to a 1977 study of an increasing number of reports that
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In 1966, Fjällräven backpacks and Termo tents were taken by a number of the members of a research expedition to
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Wishing to encourage and enable more people to get out and enjoy trekking, Åke Nordin at the start of the 21st century came up with the Fjällräven
Classic. It is not a competition or a race, but a chance to socialise with other hikers and enjoy the trek. There were just 152 finishers at the first
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Greenland jacket was released in 1968. It was made from a polyester-cotton blend. In 1973, they brought out the High Alpine Polar (HAP) sleeping bag which had armholes and drawcord foot openings, allowing users to walk around in it. In 1981 the brand released the Gyrosoft, IGF, internal gyro
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