Viking Footwear

1920s Vikings history starts January 17th, 1920 when our founding father Peter Mathias Røwde founded a rubber factory in Askim. The brand name was Viking and the factory started to produce galoshes to prevent shoes from getting muddy and wet. Ever since then we have worked after our mission “To enable an active outdoor lifestyle”. Early on Viking brought in rubber chemists that contributed to making our products superior to our competitors. Because of changes in fashion, the production of galoshes was reduced towards the end of the 1920s while the production of snow socks and gymnastic shoes increased. Gradually Viking expanded the production and started making rubber boots, work boots, leather shoes, hunting shoes and soccer cleats.

2010s During this time, Viking continued to be innovative. The hunting boots with GORE-TEX was improving even more and kindergartens and schoolyards were filled with kids wearing our shoes. Viking was, and still is a trusted brand when parents bought durable shoes for the different seasons for their kids. Wholesale P: +47 22 07 24 00 E: viking@vikingfootwear.com Photo credit: Viking Footwear