Clean Finnish: Get to Know Karhu, Finland’s Footwear Frontrunners

You may know them as one of hottest up-and-coming brands in the sneaker game, but have actually been making running shoes for over a century. Starting out in 1916 in a small workshop in Helsinki, Finland, the company has made the transition from local sporting goods supplier, to a flourishing producer of some of the game’s best heritage-inspired lifestyle silhouettes. This Finnish footwear firm certainly has a distinguished history, and there’s more to the ‘Bear’ than that ol’ Three Stripe tale you might’ve heard.