All Scandinavian Outdoor Group articles – Page 2

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    Sasta wins Scandinavian Outdoor Award for plus size jacket

    2021-06-23T09:56:00Z

    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 ...

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    Dometic acquires Front Runner

    2021-05-21T12:51:00Z

    Dometic ’s buying spree continues unabated: After Valterra in April and Enerdrive in May, the Swedish brand headquartered in Stockholm has now reached an agreement to acquire Front Runner Vehicle Outfitters , a provider of roof racks, cargo carriers, storage solutions and off-road accessories from South Africa that ...

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    Germany’s coffee roaster Tchibo sells Mink campers online

    2021-05-20T10:14:00Z

    Source: Mink Campers Mink 2.0 offroad caravan Two compact camping caravans have been on sale at Germany’s coffee roaster Tchibo since May 18. In addition to the KIP Shelter (€12,950) from the Netherlands, Tchibo is also offering the Mink 2.0 (€18,280) from ...

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    Two new SOG members

    2021-04-19T08:41:00Z

    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group ( SOG ) has announced two new members for 2021 with Dometic and Superstainable . Dometic is a Swedish brand offering solutions for mobile living, providing products for recreational vehicles, vans and boats and now expanding into product categories solving the same needs but ...

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    Scandinavian Outdoor Overall Award 21/22 goes to Bergans of Norway

    2021-02-01T19:43:00Z

    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 ...

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    Scandinavian Outdoor Award nominees are online

    2021-01-12T11:44:00Z

    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 ...

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    Cake to collab with "green" battery manufacturer

    2020-11-30T11:04:00Z

    Cake , the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric performance motorcycles and a member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), has signed a letter of intent with Northvolt , a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, to form a long-term partnership for the supply of sustainable battery cells for their line-up ...

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    SOG is climate positive, will focus on circular economy and turns 20 in 2021

    2020-10-16T16:32:00Z

    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 ...

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    New chairman for Morakniv

    2020-09-08T08:02:00Z

    Source: KJ Eriksson Förvaltning AB Pierre Bengtsson At its annual general meeting, the Swedish group KJ Eriksson Förvaltning AB elected a new board of directors for the group and its subsidiary Morakniv AB , manufacturer of outdoor knives and member of the Scandinavian Outdoor ...

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    Kupilka joins charity campaign to save the Baltic Sea

    2020-09-08T08:02:00Z

    Kupilka , a Finnish manufacturer of ecological dishware and member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group ( SOG ), has become partner of #Oursea , a charity campaign launched in 2020 with the aim of increasing awareness for the condition of the Baltic Sea and to raise ...

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    The winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award

    2020-07-03T08:31:00Z

    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 ...

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    CEO Henk Noback leaves Swedish knive maker Morakniv

    2020-06-15T12:42:00Z

    Henk Noback , chief executive officer at Morakniv , a Swedish manufacturer of knives and member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group ( SOG ), is leaving the company at his own request. To ensure a smooth transition with his successor, he will keep his current position for the time being. ...

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    Sami Kiiski is leaving Halti

    2020-05-12T06:57:00Z

    Sami Kiiski is resigning at the end of July as the chief executive of Halti , the Finnish producer of ski and outdoor clothing and a member of Scandinavian Outdoor Group since 2005. He did not reveal his next step at this stage, and Halti has launched a ...

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    Cake joins Scandinavian Outdoor Group, partners with Polestar

    2020-05-12T06:41:00Z

    Cake , the award-winning Swedish company established in 2016 as a “high-performance zero-emission off-road motorcycle brand” by the founder of POC Sport , Stefan Ytterborn , has joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) as its newest member. Cake is headquartered in Stockholm. Cake also just announced that it ...

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    Adventure travel and outdoor experiences: The way out?

    2020-03-26T13:45:00Z

    The areas of outdoor equipment, outdoor retail and outdoor travel are moving closer together. Several premium outdoor brands have already acquired or partnered with outdoor guides and tour operators, the most recent examples are Norrøna Hvitserk Adventures and Arc’Teryx Trips or Jack Wolfskin’s Wolftrail , but let’s not ...

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    Scandinavian Outdoor Group welcomes two new members

    2020-03-04T11:24:00Z

    The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has welcomed two new members. The first new member, Zlideon by Zip Clip Solutions AB , a Swedish company based in Stockholm, is a globally patented product that enables customers to easily repair broken zippers and thus extend the lifespan of their clothing. ...

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    The winners of the 2020 Scandinavian Outdoor Awards

    2020-03-02T09:44:00Z

    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, ...