Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.03.2019, Blaðsíða 9

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P L E A S E J O I N U SA F U N D R A I S E R F O R L - H
The tanning industry in
Iceland is largely a 20th century
phenomenon, although there
were experiments during the
two previous centuries and,
of course, home-based leather
crafts. A workshop devoted to
tanning the hides of large animals
opened at Seyðisfjörður in 1900
and another at Reykjavík six
years later. A third tannery was
established at Akureyri in 1920,
focused on sheepskin and fox
pelts. All three operations had
closed by the early years of the
Second World War; however,
other small tanneries and
leatherworks had established
themselves by then.
Loðskinn was established
at Sauðárkrókur in 1969
and originally focused on
preserving lambskin and
creating decorative woolskins
to market in Poland. The
company expanded its range of
products in successive stages
and, in 1994, began the tanning
of fish skins when Sjávarleður
was created as an independent
subsidiary. In English, the
operation is known as Atlantic
Leather.
According to the company,
“Fish-skin tanning is rare
internationally and unique in
Iceland, with the exception of
the brief experiments carried
out by Fiskroð hf. in the mid-
20th century. Sjávarleður
manufactures high-quality
leather from the skins of
salmon, spotted catfish, red
ocean perch and cod. Due to the
uniqueness of the raw material,
all methods for tanning fish-
skin have been developed from
scratch. Sjávarleður is the only
factory in Europe that tans fish-
skin.”
The company strives for
sustainability and everything it
manufactures is a by-product of
agriculture or fisheries, which
is to say that no animals are
killed solely for the purpose
of harvesting their skins – they
are first used to produce food or
other animal products. In fact,
Atlantic Leather describes its
products as environmentally
friendly in two different ways:
first, they are by-products of
the food industry, and secondly,
they are manufactured using
renewable energy sources.
PHOTO: STEFAN JONASSON
A reindeer foot
PHOTO: STEFAN JONASSON
Sigrún Fossberg Arnardóttir (second from left)
with Cindy Jonasson (right) and staff of Lóðskinn
Atlantic Leather neckties made from fish leather
Below: horse hides
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