Helly Hansen

Helly Hansen is a producer of textiles and special gear for sports and work on the ocean and in the mountains.

Headquartered in Moss, Norway.

Now can also be seen both on television and in movies.

It has become popular in all levels of industrial workwear, survival and rescue, and performance outerwear.

Helly Juell Hansen had been at sea since the age of 15.

at the age of 35, he and his wife Maren Margarethe began producing oilskin jackets, trousers, sou'westers and tarpaulins, made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil.

Found 133 years ago.

In 1878 the company won a diploma for excellence at the Paris Expo, and began exporting its products.

After Helly Juell Hansen's death in 1914 (96 years ago), company leadership passed on to his son Leiv Helly-Hansen.

There are about 205 stores in the U.S.