All Scandinavian Outdoor Award articles
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ArticleScandinavian Outdoor Award announces FW 25/26 winners
The award highlights sustainability, design and functionality innovations, showcasing standout products made by Nordic companies for active and daily life.
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News briefsScandinavian Village at ISPO Munich 2024
Discover innovative outdoor gear and connect with top Scandinavian brands at the well-known Scandinavian Village from December 3-5.
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News briefsThe winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award Spring/Summer 2025
The Scandinavian Outdoor Award Spring/Summer 2025 winners were announced at OutDoor by ISPO on June 4, following extensive testing and discussions by an international jury in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Overall Winner: FabPatch The Finnish brand FabPatch won for its high-quality repair patches for outdoor gear and apparel. These patches help extend ...
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News briefsLatest winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award announced
The winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award spring/summer 2024 session were announced at this year’s OutDoor by ISPO. The international jury of outdoor journalists and outdoor gear specialists agreed that the overall prize should go to Nordisk for its Lodur rain-repellent down jacket, weighing in at only 300 grams. ...
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ArticleOutDoor by ISPO provided community and inspiration again in 2023
Three days, over 650 exhibitors and satisfying visitor numbers. OutDoor by ISPO 2023 is over and has been hailed as a success. Now in its second year at the MOC Event and Order Center, the mood was once again that of a community coming together, whether that be for business ...
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OpinionWhat makes the perfect industry award jury?
A long-standing member of many award committees in the outdoor industry world, Charles Ross explains what makes a good industry award jury
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News briefsThe winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award
Source: SOA Norrøna After extensive testing and lively discussions in the Austrian mountains, an international jury of outdoor journalists and gear specialists has agreed on the winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for the upcoming spring/summer season. The overall winner of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award is Norrøna ...
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News briefsScandinavian Village at OutDoor by ISPO
As always, the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) will be organizing a Scandinavian Village at the upcoming OutDoor by ISPO (12-14 June) in Munich. The trade show will take place at the MOC Veranstaltungscenter, with the Scandinavian Village located in Hall 4. The hosts will serve coffee and present the latest ...
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ArticleThe winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award: Footwear at the forefront
After several outdoor tests, an international jury of outdoor journalists and equipment specialists selected the winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award (SOA) for the upcoming fall/winter season. Established in 2005, the SOA aims to support Scandinavian outdoor product and design innovation. Sustainability once again emerged as a key concept, and ...
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ArticleSasta wins Scandinavian Outdoor Award for plus size jacket
In an online ceremony hosted by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), two Finnish companies were among the six winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Awards for Spring/Summer 2022: Sasta (based in Nurmes) and Halti (headquartered in Vantaa, Lapland). Source: Sasta / SOA Sasta Mella Jacket The Overall ...
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News briefsScandinavian Outdoor Overall Award 21/22 goes to Bergans of Norway
A total of six products were honored on Feb. 1 with the Scandinavian Outdoor Award (SOA) for the autumn/winter 2021/22 season. The overall winner is a fully circular anorak with a fully circular business model by Bergans of Norway. Last year, Bergans and Spinnova already won the Scandinavian Outdoor Sustainability ...
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News briefsScandinavian Outdoor Award nominees are online
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced the nominees of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award fall/winter 2021/22. The jury process is carried out online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The jury has products sent home to try out in their own outdoor backyard; the jurors will then discuss the products in ...
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ArticleSOG is climate positive, will focus on circular economy and turns 20 in 2021
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), comprising 74 Scandinavian outdoor brands, had its Fall Networking Day at the beginning of October. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was held digitally, with a total of 85 participants. Sara Wänseth, who has been the general secretary of the group for six years, ...
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ArticleThe winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced the winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for the coming spring/summer season. Due to travel restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the jury selected this year’s winners - one main winner and four category winners – not in the mountains of Austria, but ...
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ArticleThe winners of the 2020 Scandinavian Outdoor Awards
The annual winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Awards (SOA) for next year’s autumn/winter season were announced by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) at Ispo Munich. The international jury, which included experienced outdoor journalists and retailers, evaluated 25 products nominated on to the criteria of design, innovation, functionality, quality and sustainability. ...
