founded sweden stockholm 1993 headquarters stockholm key people filippa knutsson founder patrik kihlborg partner karin segerblom partner products clothing revenue 35 million euro 2006 website www.filippa k.com filippa k is a swedish clothing company . founded in 1993 by filippa knutsson filippa k has grown to be one of sweden s leading fashion brands . citation needed based in stockholm sweden filippa k now operates a growing number of profile stores in scandinavia the netherlands belgium germany and switzerland . in addition the men s and women s lines are represented by over 650 retailers throughout europe north america and asia . 1 contents 1 history 2 achievement 3 references 4 sources 5 external links history edit filippa k was founded in 1993 . having grown up in london creative director filippa knutsson returned to her native sweden in the 1980s to work in the family fashion business gul & bl . knutsson oversees all creative aspects of filippa k including conceptual vision fashion design retail concepts and brand communications . achievement edit 1993 filippa k is founded by filippa knutsson and her partners patrik kihlborg and karin segerblom . the first collection of women s jerseys knits and jeans is launched through selected retailers in sweden . 1994 filippa k is represented by agencies in denmark and norway . 1997 the first two filippa k stores opened one in stockholm sweden and one in oslo norway . filippa is awarded the guldknappen design prize for swedish fashion designer of the year . 1998 the filippa k men s collection is launched and the third store was opened this time in copenhagen denmark 1999 the first filippa k men s store opens in stockholm sweden . 2000 filippa k starts to grow in europe and also opens two more stores one in stockholm sweden and another in gothenburg sweden . 2001 the european expansion continues with agency representation in the netherlands and belgium as well as the opening of a filippa k store in amsterdam . 2002 a showroom is opened in brussels and filippa k enters the german swiss and irish markets . 2003 distribution is secured in canada and the united states . the netherlands has become filippa k s second largest market and 50 per cent of the brands turnover comes from countries outside scandinavia . filippa k s 10th anniversary is celebrated with a vernissage at the wetterling s art gallery in stockholm sweden . 2004 another men s store opens its doors in stockholm sweden and filippa k adds high profile retailers abroad such as selfridge s in the united kingdom and fred segal in los angeles . 2005 a store opens in antwerp belgium . 2006 a new agency representation in france . filippa k opens the first stores in germany one store and one showroom in berlin and two stores in munich . in stockholm the new concept filippa k ease is launched . 2008 a store opens in san francisco california . references edit store locator filippa k . filippa k. filippa k. retrieved april 19 2016 . sources edit http www.fashionunited.co.uk news leads filippa k s eco range 200710292263 http www.guardian.co.uk lifeandhealth gallery 2007 nov 30 fashion.fashionandstyle picture 331418390 http www.newsdesk.se pressroom filippak document download 630 type to download resource document http www.sweden.se templates cs article 18483 . aspx external links edit filippa k homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title filippa k & oldid 739097438 categories companies of swedenclothing brandsclothing brands of swedenclothing brands of stockholmclothing companiesclothing companies of swedenswedish brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansknederlandsnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 19 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view