Copenhagen menswear and womenswear label founded in 2004 by Tobia Sloth, Anton Juul and Mikkel Grønnebæk. Most of its core range — knitwear, jersey and T-shirts — is produced in Portuguese factories, a relationship the brand documents in its own “Behind the Fabric: Portugal” series.
Norse Projects began in 2004 as a Copenhagen store and art platform before launching its own menswear line in 2009 and womenswear in 2015. As the label scaled, it concentrated the heart of its production — knitwear, jersey and T-shirts, including the organic-cotton Standard line — in specialised Portuguese factories, while sourcing velvets and denim from Italy and technical outerwear from Asian partners.
The brand is unusually open about this footprint: its own “Behind the Fabric: Portugal” editorial series profiles the Portuguese mills and factories behind the range, giving the corridor a rare, documented look inside a Nordic brand’s Portuguese supply chain.
Norse Projects is part of the cluster of Copenhagen labels whose premium basics are effectively “designed in Denmark, made in Portugal.” That model anchors long-run demand for the Minho textile belt and is precisely the tier of manufacturing — high-quality, small-batch, near-shore — where Portuguese factories out-compete Asian volume producers.
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