Nordic presence in Portugal

Klaveness Footwear

Orthopaedic Footwear (Avintes, Gaia)

Klaveness is a family-owned Norwegian orthopaedic and comfort footwear brand from Sandefjord, founded in 1957 by Dagfinn Klaveness. Its shoes are designed in Norway and manufactured in Portugal by Klaveness Footwear, S.A. in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, alongside a related orthopaedic-products company at the same postcode.

OriginNorway

HQLingelemveien 65, 3225 Sandefjord (Klaveness Footwear AS, org. no. 913419561)

FoundedBrand founded 1957 by Dagfinn Klaveness; the Brønnøysund register gives Klaveness Footwear AS a founding date of 29 June 1963

Employees (Norway)16 (Brønnøysund register)

ActivityOrthopaedic and comfort footwear; the Norwegian company is classified under wholesale of clothing and footwear

PT factoryKlaveness Footwear, S.A. — NIF 501973672 — Rua Venceslau Ramos 64, 4430-929 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia; share capital €125,300; CAE 15201 footwear manufacture

Related PT companyTeam Klaveness – Produtos Ortopédicos, Unipessoal, Lda — NIF 504525905

Also registeredKlaveness Skofabrikk AS — Portuguese tax number NIF 980178398

Corridor footprint

Klaveness Footwear AS is a small Sandefjord company — 16 employees in the Norwegian register — that carries a brand going back to 1957, when Dagfinn Klaveness started making orthopaedic and comfort shoes. The Norwegian company is registered as a wholesaler of clothing and footwear: the design, the brand and the sales sit in Norway, while the shoes are made elsewhere.

That elsewhere is Avintes, on the southern bank of the Douro in Vila Nova de Gaia. Klaveness Footwear, S.A. (NIF 501973672), with share capital of €125,300, is registered under CAE 15201 for the production and sale of footwear. A related company, Team Klaveness – Produtos Ortopédicos, Unipessoal, Lda (NIF 504525905), is registered at the same Avintes postcode, and the brand’s historic Norwegian maker, Klaveness Skofabrikk AS, also holds a Portuguese tax number (NIF 980178398).

Why this matters for the corridor

Portugal is one of the world’s leading footwear exporters, and the Nordic markets are among its growth destinations. Klaveness shows the version of that trade in which a Nordic brand does not just buy from Portuguese factories but owns one: a Norwegian specialist in orthopaedic footwear that keeps its manufacturing in Vila Nova de Gaia and its brand in Sandefjord.

Recent activity

NorthSouth HQ added Klaveness Footwear to its Nordics → Portugal directory on 29 September 2026. On Portuguese footwear in the Nordics, see Portugal’s footwear exports and the Nordic markets.

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