Nordic company in Portugal

Tiger of Sweden

Fashion

Tiger of Sweden, the tailoring house founded in Uddevalla in 1903 by Marcus Schwarzman and Hjalmar Nordström and owned since 2003 by Denmark’s IC Group, manufactures part of its collections in Portugal — its published tier-1 supplier list names Twintex (Fundão), A.J. Gonçalves (Braga), Martiape and Rodiro.

Founded1903, Uddevalla, Sweden
HeadquartersStockholm
OwnerIC Group A/S (Denmark), since 2003
Portuguese tier-1 suppliersTwintex (Fundão, outerwear, 400+ staff); A.J. Gonçalves (Braga, socks); Martiape (S. João da Madeira, footwear); Rodiro (Felgueiras, footwear)
VerificationBrand’s published tier-1 supplier list
SectorFashion
DirectionNordics → Portugal

Corridor footprint

Tiger of Sweden’s published tier-1 supplier list places a meaningful share of its production in Portugal: outerwear at Twintex in Fundão — a 1979-founded factory with more than 400 staff — socks at A.J. Gonçalves in Braga, and footwear at Martiape in São João da Madeira and Rodiro in Felgueiras.

The brand itself is a corridor story twice over: born in Uddevalla in 1903 as one of Sweden’s first ready-to-wear tailors, it has been owned since 2003 by Copenhagen-listed IC Group — Danish capital, Swedish brand, Portuguese factories.

Why this matters for the corridor

Supplier-transparency lists have become the most reliable public record of Nordic fashion’s Portuguese manufacturing base — Tiger of Sweden’s names four factories across textiles and footwear, spanning the full breadth of Portugal’s garment geography.

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