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About Us

From our home in Norway, Helly Hansen has been making professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive for more than 140 years. It all started in 1877 when sea captain Helly Juell Hansen found a better way to stay protected from the harsh Norwegian elements. Soon thereafter, Captain Hansen and his wife Margrethe launched a business producing waterproof oilskin jackets, trousers, sou’westers and tarpaulins made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil . Helly Hansen gear is worn by professionals on oceans, mountains and worksites. Our sailing gear is worn by sailors across all five oceans. As a Scandinavian workwear brand, you’ll see us at work-sites where performance, protection and safety matter most.