Helly Hansen: Protecting Professionals Since 1877

Most heritage brands measure their history in decades. Helly Hansen measures it in centuries.

Born on the Norwegian Sea

In 1877, Norwegian sea captain Helly Juell Hansen and his wife Maren Margrethe grew tired of the miserable, soaked oilskins available to working sailors, so they began producing their own waterproof jackets and trousers from linseed-oil-treated canvas. The gear was so dramatically better that a company was born, and nearly one hundred and fifty years later, that same drive to keep people dry, warm, and protected still powers everything Helly Hansen makes.

A History of Firsts

Helly Hansen's story reads like a timeline of technical apparel itself. The brand helped pioneer waterproof fabrics, introduced fleece to the world of outdoor clothing, and revolutionized base layers with its famous moisture-wicking LIFA technology. Innovations like Helly Tech waterproof breathable protection and H2Flow temperature regulation followed, each one developed the same way: by listening to the people who live and work in the world's harshest environments.

Trusted by Professionals

This is the heart of the brand. Helly Hansen gear is worn by ski patrols and mountain guides at resorts around the world, by offshore sailors crossing oceans, and by workers on sites where weather protection is a matter of safety rather than comfort. The professional feedback loop is Helly Hansen's secret weapon: gear gets tested by the most demanding users on earth, refined, and only then offered to everyone else. When you wear Helly Hansen, you benefit from every storm a professional has ever stood through in it.

From Ocean to Mountain

The collection spans the full spectrum of outdoor life. Legendary sailing jackets and marine gear carry the brand's saltwater DNA, while ski and mountain collections dominate the slopes each winter. Rain gear, sportswear, base layers, and footwear complete a range that covers men, women, and kids in any conditions. Through it all runs a clean Scandinavian design language that looks as good in the harbor cafe as it performs on the water.

Alive Since 1877

Helly Hansen describes its heritage with a simple phrase: alive since 1877. It captures something true about the brand. This is not a museum piece trading on nostalgia, but a living, innovating company that happens to carry fourteen decades of hard-earned knowledge in its seams.

Why It Matters

Weather does not negotiate. Whether your team works on deck, on the dock, or on the mountain, their clothing either performs or it fails, and everything downstream follows from that. Helly Hansen has built the most enduring reputation in the business by making sure it performs, generation after generation.

The Yacht Collection at Crew-tex

Crew-tex brings Helly Hansen's professional-grade protection to your crew wardrobe. Sailing jackets, shell layers, warm mid layers, and legendary base layers keep deck and exterior teams dry and comfortable through every season and sea state. With clean Scandinavian styling and your yacht's embroidery, function and presentation go hand in hand.

Discover Helly Hansen at Crew-tex and give your crew nearly one hundred and fifty years of protection, engineered by professionals for professionals.