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From vulnerable woman to professional knitter

Danish social entrepreneur Nina Brandi has successfully involved vulnerable women in her knitting business mormor.no which sells hand and machine knitted products to a global market.
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About mormor.nu

Established in 2004

Produces and sells hand knitted children’s wear, made by Danish grandmothers, and machine knitted quality wear for adults, produced by long-term unemployed and vulnerable women.

The products are sold online at mormor.nu, at retailers in New York, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, Norway, England and from an outlet in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, where the company also has its warehouse and production of machine knitted quality wear for adults.

Has received support from the Social Capital Fund and Trygfonden to invest in knitting machines and to train women in how to operate them.

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