Nordic presence in Portugal

Klaveness Footwear

Orthopaedic Footwear (Avintes, Gaia)

Family-owned Norwegian orthopaedic and comfort footwear brand founded in 1957 by Dagfinn Klaveness (Klaveness Footwear AS, org. no. 913419561, Lingelemveien 65, 3225 Sandefjord; 16 employees). Its shoes are designed in Norway and made in Portugal by Klaveness Footwear, S.A. (NIF 501973672, Rua Venceslau Ramos 64, 4430-929 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia; CAE 15201 footwear manufacture); 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, is registered with the Portuguese tax authority (NIF 980178398).

OriginNorway
HQLingelemveien 65, 3225 Sandefjord, Norway (Klaveness Footwear AS, org. no. 913419561)
Founded1957, by Dagfinn Klaveness
Employees (Norway)16 (Brønnøysund register)
ActivityOrthopaedic, therapeutic and comfort footwear; Norwegian design, made in Portugal
PT factoryKlaveness Footwear, S.A. — NIF 501973672 — Rua Venceslau Ramos 64, 4430-929 Vila Nova de Gaia (Avintes); CAE 15201
Also in PTTeam Klaveness – Produtos Ortopédicos, Unipessoal, Lda — NIF 504525905; Klaveness Skofabrikk AS — NIF 980178398
Target marketPortugal (manufacturing)

Corridor footprint

Family-owned Norwegian orthopaedic and comfort footwear brand founded in 1957 by Dagfinn Klaveness (Klaveness Footwear AS, org. no. 913419561, Lingelemveien 65, 3225 Sandefjord; 16 employees). Its shoes are designed in Norway and made in Portugal by Klaveness Footwear, S.A. (NIF 501973672, Rua Venceslau Ramos 64, 4430-929 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia; CAE 15201 footwear manufacture); 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, is registered with the Portuguese tax authority (NIF 980178398).

Why this matters

Klaveness Footwear sits inside the Portugal ↔ Scandinavia business corridor that NorthSouth HQ tracks every day. Its operations are a data point in the broader story of how capital, goods, people and ideas flow between Portugal and the Nordics — a corridor that is accelerating in 2026.

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