Trangia Moments

Spring winter in Jämtland and the end of the ice skating season is approaching. A season that lasts a long time if you like Jonas, start chasing frozen lakes at high altitude in October.

Ante guided us up to his favourite lookout through the forest and over creeks. He has been here many times before, you can tell. The frozen grass made a crackling sound under our boots while we hiked towards the sunlight, that was just starting to reach the treetops.

It’s important to make the most of the short period in time when nature reveals its brightest palette of autumn hues – before you know it, all the colours could be blown away, literally speaking.

In recent years, Trangia has gone from being the local metal manufacturer to the large outdoor brand that attracts people for reasons that reaches far beyond the pay check. Many of our coworkers have a strong passion for the outdoors and are invaluable ambassadors for the Trangia brand. First out, Lucie and Isabell.

The Vanlife movement has exploded in popularity in the last few years. Most of us desire to live a life with more freedom, less restricted by mortgages, work commitments and utility bills, but are we ready to downsize our lives into a van? 

The heart of the Trangia stove is the burner. When it was first introduced in 1951 it came with a brass spirit burner for alcohol-based fuels. A spirit burner still in use today. Well, with a few changes implemented through the years…

During the autumn school holidays last year, 8 year old Nike visited the Trangia Museum with her mum and left a little note in our feedback box.

“I want a pink stove with glitter – Nike 8”

In 2020 the original Trangia factory building became vacant and the idea of a museum and factory store was born. We are now back in the same building where everything once started back in 1925. Many hours went into sorting the pictures and documents into a clearer timeline of the story behind Trangia.

The Trangia factory has been located in the Jämtland Mountains for almost 100 years. It therefore feels extra important to support the efforts made to increase the safety for people coming to enjoy our mountains. It can sometimes take days to get help in an emergency situation and that is why there needs to be supplies available.