The company best known for its iconic orange-handled scissors, and beautifully functional products that are perfect for gardening, creating and cooking, was founded back in 1649 as an ironworks by the Fiskars river in Finland. The river provided Fiskars with waterpower, access points to all over the world, and a name that 375 years later continues to signify high quality, ingenious design, and a deep respect for the nature that sustains us.
Much has happened during these 375 years. The world has changed through industrialization, continuous innovation, and breakthroughs. Electric light was invented, as well as penicillin, and when the United States was founded, Fiskars was already in existence.