Historien om Norrøna begynte lenge før selve selskapet ble grunnlagt.
I 1918 etablerte Jørgen Jørgensen – oldefaren til Norrønas nåværende eier og leder, som bærer samme navn – og Einar Bredesen Bredesen & Jørgensen Polar i Markveien 34 i Oslo, Norge.
The company produced and sold leather goods and sporting equipment, laying the foundation for what would eventually become one of the world's oldest family-owned outdoor brands.
But Jørgensen wanted more. Driven by an uncompromising belief that outdoor equipment should be built to a higher standard, he left the company in 1929 to establish his own. That decision – and his relentless pursuit of quality – became the beginning of Norrøna.
