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2017.018
Title
Fjällräven Jacket with Nylon Hood
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- no date (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1960-present)
Administrative history
Company founder Åke Nordin was born in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. In 1950 he created his own backpack with a wooden frame. Ten years later he launched his first product for sale, a backpack with an aluminium frame. Through the 1960s and 1970s the company expanded the product range to include tents, sleeping bags, jackets and trousers such as the Greenland Jacket, the Expedition Down Jacket and the Kånken backpack. In 2017 the company created Bergtagen, a mountaineering collection.
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Khaki coloured Fjällräven jacket with draw-string waist, four patch pockets on the front and a nylon hood which can be zipped into the collar. It fastens centre front with a beige YKK zip and six press studs engraved with the Fjällräven fox logo. The pocket flaps and cuffs fasten with the same press studs. A pale beige leather Fjällräven fox badge is sewn to the left sleeve. Size 48.
Country of Design: Sweden
Country of Design: Sweden
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Cotton, nylon
Colour/Print: Khaki
Colour/Print: Khaki