clothing founded 1936 headquarters hestra sweden key people claes magnusson co owner svante magnusson president and co owner products gloves revenue sek 155.1 million 2009 1 number of employees 30 2009 website http www.hestragloves.com hestra operating as martin magnusson & co ab is a family owned company that designs and manufactures gloves . founded by martin magnusson in 1936 the company makes gloves for alpine skiing freeskiing casual and more . the company s flagship store is in stockholm sweden . contents 1 history 1.1 1936 1.2 1937 1.3 1963 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit 1936 edit martin magnusson start manufacturing gloves in hestra sm land . the first gloves were work gloves for lumberjacks . the gloves were made from strong leather and reinforced with rivets to withstand the hard work in the forest . 1937 edit slalom skiing comes to hestra . a slalom slope is established at the local mountain isaberg . skiers arrive by train to try the new sport . 1963 edit the second generation takes over . see also edit companies portal list of companies of sweden seth morrison references edit allabolag.se external links edit hestra gloves official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hestra & oldid 714103434 categories sporting goods manufacturers of swedenclothing brands of swedenclothing companies of swedengloves 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 svenska edit links this page was last modified on 7 april 2016 at 17 10 . 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