All Bergans of Norway articles

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    Bergans strengthens leadership with two key appointments

    11 March 2025

    The Norwegian brand is successfully completing its restructuring by welcoming a new product director and a new marketing director.

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    Bergans supports Dale Oen Academy’s youth expedition

    7 March 2025

    The outdoor brand equips young adventurers for four-day trek from Finse to Geilo in Norway.

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    Silje Garberg Ree: ‘Bergans makes its heritage relevant for today’s consumers’

    25 February 2025

    Bergans’ CEO speaks about innovation, sustainability and standing out in the outdoor market. Read how Silje Garberg Ree is shaping the brand’s future.

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    Bergans celebrates 115 years of outdoor innovation

    20 December 2024

    Celebrating over a century of innovation, the Norwegian brand remains a pioneer in sustainable and functional adventure gear.

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    Bergans partners with Trimco on digital product passport technology

    13 November 2024

    Through this collaboration, the outdoor brand will equip some of its products with DPP unique labels.

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    Bergans celebrates reopening of Trondheim store with reuse promotion

    14 June 2024

    The Bergans store in Trondheim, Norway, has been closed for some time due to construction work. It will now reopen on June 15. “There will be no opening sale, but a tribute to all our used products,” said Yngvill Ofstad, Sustainability Manager at Bergans, disappointing all those waiting for an ...

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    Norwegian Second-Hand Trade Act to change

    18 April 2024

    On April 5, the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Jan Christian Vestre, presented the government’s proposed changes to the Second-Hand Act at Bergans’ flagship store in Oslo. The choice of location was not accidental: Bergans, together with several other retailers, has been strongly in favor of changing the law. ...

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    Second Bergans outlet store in Germany opened

    16 March 2024

    Source: Bergans Bergans of Norway has opened its second outlet store in Germany. In addition to the Designer Outlet Soltau, where Bergans has been operating for over 12 years, the Norwegian outdoor brand has opened a new store in the Designer Outlet Neumünster on Friday, March 15. ...

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    New CEO for Bergans

    29 February 2024

    Source: Bergans Bergans’ new CEO, Silje Garberg Ree The Board of Directors of Bergans Fritid AS has appointed Silje Garberg Ree as CEO. She succeeds Jan Tore Jensen, who had led the company since 2018 and announced his decision to step down in September 2023. The company’s ...

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    Bergans latest brand to announce its sustainable alternative to Black Friday

    24 November 2022

    Outdoor clothing retailer Bergans of Norway is the latest brand to announce its sustainable alternative to Black Friday. Bergans will be hosting a second-hand sale and breakfast in its flagship store in Oslo on Friday, Nov. 25. So far, over 700 people have shown an interest in the event on ...

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    Bergans puts a spotlight on the need for skilled repair workers

    23 August 2022

    The way to a circular economy is through more and more professional repair services on a larger scale – a topic that was addressed on Bergans’ annual repair tour in Norway. As part of the tour, the Bergans team visited the Sam Eyde secondary school in Arendal, one of the ...

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    Bergans named circular company of the year in Norway

    7 June 2022

    Bergans was named “Circular Company of the Year” at Den Store Sirkulærkonferansen (Great Circular Conference) in Oslo on June 7. The annual conference, organized by Cnytt.no, the Norwegian Center for Circular Economy and Circular Norway, is a place where companies, industry, organizations and policymakers come together to present and discuss ...

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    Helly Hansen with new area sales manager Austria

    22 February 2022

    Source: Helly Hansen Dominic Heindl Dominic Heindl has moved from Bergans of Norway to Helly Hansen. He has been the Norwegian brand’s sales manager apparel for Austria since January 2022, working from a showroom in Salzburg. Before his former job at Bergans, he was part of the ...

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    Vaude prototypes circular TPU backpack with 3D printed backpanel

    4 February 2022

    Source: Vaude Novum 3D prototype backpack by Vaude With the help of German 3D engineering and plastics manufacturing specialist Oechsler, Vaude has developed a prototype of a new backpack – Novum 3D – that is made from TPU with a back panel made by a 3D printer. ...

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    Bergans’ Stranda V2 collection now even more sustainable

    5 December 2021

    Source: Source: Hans Kristian Krogh-Hanssen Stranda V2 Insulated Anorak The second version (“V2”) of Bergans of Norway’s Stranda ski collection, which was first launched in fall 2018 and already designed with sustainability in mind, is now even more sustainable. The products are now designed to be ...

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    Bergans wants you to get your gear repaired on Black Friday

    22 November 2021

    Instead of buying something new on Black Friday, Bergans is encouraging consumers in its home market of Norway to take care of the things they already own. To do so, it is lowering its repair service prices by the 25 percent Norwegian sales tax to provide an extra incentive. Bergans ...

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    Bergans with new German online store and e-commerce team

    13 October 2021

    Bergans Outdoor GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor company Bergans of Norway, launched its new online store for Germany on Oct. 12, complementing the already existing Norwegian and Swedish DTC webshops. Laura Ninnemann and Gizem Karakoyun are responsible as the e-commerce team for the new German store. Ninnemann, ...

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    Bergans releases second edition of futurelabs.anorak from Collection of Tomorrow

    23 September 2021

    Bergans has released a new edition of the Bergans.futurelabs.anorak, which sold out almost immediately after its first launch in February. The new 05.D anorak features a new fabric by Spinnova, Bergans and Halley Stevenson and the bright new color “Wake up Orange.” For all who buy the new anorak, ...

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    Sport Holding acquires Bergans of Norway

    26 August 2021

    Sport Holding, Norway’s largest sports retail player with more than 360 company-owned and franchised stores throughout Norway, divided into Sport 1, Intersport, Anton Sport, Löplabbet, Sportsnett and Skandinavisk Høyfjellsutstyr, is acquiring 100 percent of the shares of Bergans Fritid AS. Source: Hans Kristian Krogh-Hanssen Jan Tore Jensen, CEO ...

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    Bergans and WWF call for protection of the seasons

    23 August 2021

    Bergans of Norway and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) presented the outcome of their “Save The Seasons” petition to the Norwegian minister of climate and environment, Sveinung Rotevatn. The petition, signed by 10,554 people and 35 companies, calls for permanent protection of the seasons in the form of real climate ...