Fjallraven Kanken Bags

The Fjallraven Kanken was just once a trusty school bag but has since become iconic and is topping most-wanted lists worldwide. There is something about a European school pack that make its appealing to a wide range of uses. The boxy cuts, colorways, and simple builds turn the average book bag into a day tripper. The Fjallraven Kanken Rucksack is no exception, the bag is constructed with Vinylon F, the functional fabric that has made The Fjallraven Bag seemingly immortal for the last 25 years.

The Kanken Bag is Fjallraven's most-sought after backpack and first saw the light of day in 1978. The classic design still looks the same as the original over 30 years on. Buy Fjallraven Kanken bags online in an array of colour ways is the festival bag for this season and has consequently sold out nationwide. Fjallraven Bags develop products that make it easier for people to enjoy nature, and have been doing so for more over 50 years. Everything started with the founder, Åke Nordin, who is still takes an active participation in the company, when he was just 14 and began improving on backpack design of that era. A decade later, in 1960, he started the brand that he named Fjällräven.

Åke had learnt it was best to carry heavy packs high and close to the back. While his friend, Lars-Olof, tied flies, Åke went out to the shed behind the Nordin's summer cabin outside Örnsköldsvik and hammered together a basic wooden frame. Åke's mother, Gunhild, was the daughter of a tailor and had taught Åke to sew when he was just ten. On her Singer pedal sewing machine, he made his first backpack from strong cotton attached to the wooden frame using leather straps. The support straps were made from calfskin making the backpack comfortable to carry - The Fjallraven Bag Kanken was born.