1950
Åke Nordin, a 14 year old Swede, makes a wooden frame rucksack
1960
Åke Nordin starts Fjällräven (Swedish for Arctic Fox)
produces the first backpack with aluminium frame?
1964
release Termo tent: waterproof polyester flysheet and inner of breathable Rutarme polyamide (nylon)
1965
developed G-1000 fabric (G for Greenland for an upcoming Swedish expedition to Greenland in 1966)
1966
The first Thermo Trousers with full-length zip
1967
launch Termo G-66 tent
1968
Greenland Jacket released in G-1000 fabric (65% cotton / 35% polyester treated with paraffin and beeswax)
1973
sell the HAP (High Alpine Polar) sleeping bag with special armholes and drawcord foot opening, so wear could walk around in it
1975/6
The Gyro frame for backpacks, where the load is balanced on your hips
1978
release of Kånken, considered by Fjallraven as “the most sold daypack in the world”
sell 400 Kånken daypacks
1979
sell 30,000 Kånken daypacks
1981
Gyrosoft, IGF, the internal gyro frame for backpacks
1989
Silhuett, the sleeping bag with freedom of movement in knee section of bag
1992
introduce the Akka tent
1993
Fjällräven Extreme Marathon commences
1994
Begin coperation wit Ander Angerbjorn on the "Save the Arctic Fox" program
1995
introduce the 8 pocket Island Trousers
1996
Sales of 133 million Swedish Kroner (USD $20.3 million) with 71% in exports
1999
introduce the Vidda trousers, again with 8 pockets and also reinforced knees and seat
2002
introduce Foxfoot, Stormwall and Easyglide tent features improving pitching and ventilation
Introduce Kånken Mini, only 7 litres, for small children
2004
DePendler, the world’s first daypack made to sit on
hold the first Fjällräven Class, a 110 km trek on the Kungsleden Trail, in Swedish Lappland
2006
Hydratic IQ – innovative and breathable technique that reacts to, and adapts, to heat
2008
30 year anniversary of Kånken daypack
Over 3 million Kånken daypacks have been sold, with 200,000 made each year
Kånken also becomes the world's first "climate compensated' backpack
Introduce Laptop Kånken
Fjällräven now