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1977Return of the Birkebeiner
Kjell Witberg is hired to create a new minimalistic logo with the birkebeiner included.
A year after the Oldani’s redesign of the logo, Ole Jørgen Jørgensen realized it was a mistake to remove the birkebeiner.
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1929The birkebeiner logoThe logo is a birkebeiner, a symbol of mountain endurance and known as “the lifeguard of the king”.
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1950Modernizing the Birkebeiner logoAfter two decades, the Norrøna birkebeiner receives its first modernized update.
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1969Colorful update of logoThe Norrøna logo receives a colorful update with embroidered details.
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1976Bruno Oldani redesigns logoThird generation owner, Ole Jørgen Jørgensen, takes over the company and changes its name to Norrøna Sport AS. He hired Bruno Oldani, a well-known designer in Norway to redesign the logo.
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1983A new version of The BirkebeinerKjell Witberg drew a new version of the birkebeiner and took inspiration from a realistic painting he had previously made based on the 1977 logo.
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1991Simplified logo, brighter colorsUsing newer techniques of the time, the logo was simplified and the colors were brightened.
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2000Embroidery-friendly Norrøna brandingWell-known design company GRID was hired to simplify the Norrøna logo.
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2001Minimalistic logo for freeride categoryIn the design process with GRID, a logo with only the head of the birkebeiner was developed.
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