Fiskars Corporation is an international company, with most of its current operations located outside Finland. However, its roots and soul are still to be found in Fiskars Village where the story of Fiskars began over 350 years ago.
See also the Fiskars Corporation website.

The Fiskars 1649 -exhibition in the Clock Tower building shows the development of Fiskars from an ironworks to a worldwide corporation.

The exhibition presents Fiskars products and the philosophy behind their design. Innovation and design go hand in hand with the development of technology and materials. The planning process encompasses the needs of ergonomics, marketing, technology, design and production.

Download your own Fiskars history booklet
Produced in 1999 to celebrate Fiskars 350th anniversary, this booklet tells the history of Fiskars and iron manufacturing.

Over the centuries, Fiskars has produced many objects: candlesticks, mortars, puukko knives, scissors…

Today, Fiskars is best known for its scissors, gardening tools and axes.

Fiskars Orange
The orange color of Fiskars scissors was created almost by accident in 1967, and since then has become an essential element of the world famous Fiskars brand. In 2003, the orange color of scissors was registered as a trademark in Finland: Fiskars  Orange®.

The history of iron in Finland

The many stages of early industrial production of iron.

Scale model of a blast furnace

Burning a charcoal stack in the forest

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