A history of 100 years of sustainable soap making

The history of Västerbottenssåpa began in the 1920s, when great-grandmother Fredrika made her own fine soap at home on the farm in Hornsjö, Vilhelmina.

Three generations later, Fredrika's legacy of living sustainably, sparingly and reusing lives on in the family. However, in a modern version, adapted to the times we live in today.

Our soap based on Fredrika's recipe has been given a package, a label and a name - Västerbottenssoap.

Instead of sheep fat that Fredrika used, Västerbottensåpa is now made from used cooking oil collected from selected local restaurants. It's mostly rapeseed oil or corn/rapeseed mix - but NEVER palm oil or animal fat.

The oil that is purified and saponified then forms the basis of all our soap-based cleaning products.

Soap is a natural, old-fashioned and genuine raw material with a lot of fat, a so-called overfatted soap. This means that the soap has nourishing and regreasing properties, similar to linseed oil soap, and is excellent for cleaning wooden surfaces (wood floors, shed floors, balconies, terraces and outdoor furniture).

Soap is also very effective against greasy dirt - and therefore an excellent aid in the kitchen, bathroom and garage.

When you clean with Västerbottens soap, you become part of a 100-year-old tradition, inspired by great-grandmother Fredrika. Just as Fredrika's choices affected her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, your choices of cleaning products can affect generations to come and provide a safe home environment free from harmful chemicals, a planet where the earth's resources are reused and nature is protected.

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