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Hästens Sängar AB, Hästens Beds AB or simply Hästens ((:hɛstens)); is a Swedish manufacturer established in 1852, today specializing in beds, bedlinen, pillows and lifestyle accessories. Hästens manufacture their beds and mattresses by hand using natural materials like cotton, horse hair, wool and flax. Hästens retail stores also sell branded premium bedlinen, pillows, duvets and accessories. The company was originally founded by Pehr Adolf Janson in 1852 as a master saddler business and is still a family-owned company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The World of Hästens (company brochure) )〕 David Janson shifted their focus in the early 1900s from making saddles to making beds. By 1952, a century after its foundation, they had become the official bedding supplier of Sweden’s royal court.〔 The company continues to manufacture all beds in its factory in Sweden.〔Dagens Industri March 25th, 2014 "Slut med sömnlösa nätter"〕 == History == ''Pehr Adolf Janson'' (1830-1885), was awarded his master certificate in 1852 by King Oscar I of Sweden. Master saddlers were also makers of mattresses, since horsetail hair was an essential material for the pads that went into the carriage.〔http://www.hastens.com/en/our-story/heritage 〕 At that time, becoming master saddler in Sweden required the certificate to be issued by the King himself. In the late 1800s, the family moved to Hed and Pehr Adolf's son Per Thure Janson decided to follow his father's path in becoming a master saddler. Per Thure, started a company together with his son David Janson. The business of making beds took off and they were soon making more beds than saddles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hastens.com/en/our-story/heritage )〕 In 1939, British architect ''Ralph Erskine'' (1914–2005), travelled by bicycle to Sweden, where he later met David Janson who commissioned him to build the Hästens Factory, which would be one among the first buildings that he designed in Sweden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sub.su.se/home/about-the-library/architecture/erskine-100-years/ )〕 It was designed by Erskine in 1948 and he also designed the further expansion of the factory in 1998, in Köping where the company is still located . In 1978, Jack Ryde designed Hästens' blue check pattern that was presented for a furniture trade fair. The blue check pattern is a registered trademark for Hästens beds and is protected.〔http://www.marknadsdomstolen.se/avgoranden/domar?item=1523&year=2002#id-1523〕〔http://www.marknadsdomstolen.se/avgoranden/domar?item=1514&year=2002#id-1514〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hästens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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