Norrøna
Norrøna is a sporting goods manufacturer from Norway that has existed since 1929 .
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history
Jørgen Jørgensen founded Bredesen & Jørgensen Polar in 1918 in collaboration with Einar Bredesen . The first items back then were leather goods and sporting goods . After eleven years, he ended the collaboration and founded the Norrøna company . In addition to rucksacks, he concentrated on products from mountain sports such as tents and sleeping bags. In 1940 his son Bjarne took over the management and in the following 20 years expanded the business to include garden furniture and camping accessories. The third generation of the Jørgensen family took over Norrøna in 1971 in the person of Ole Jørgensen. In cooperation with Tomas Carlström, the newly hired product developer, he ensured a leading position in the sales of mountain sports clothing. In 1979, the company achieved a technical breakthrough by producing the first Gore-Tex jacket in Europe. Another ten years later, the product range was expanded to include hunting clothing and later lightweight clothing . The fourth generation of the Jørgensen family has been running the company since 2005.
Norrøna provides with the line Recon (backpacks and apparel) special equipment for the Norwegian special forces ( Marinejegerkommandoen , Hærens Jegerkommando with the Jegerkorps ) ago.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norrøna: The Story of Norrøna - Norrøna®. In: www.norrona.com. Retrieved June 25, 2016 .