Loue (tent)

A loue consists of a roughly conical section of fabric with the semi-circular bottom edge grounded by stakes and the tip raised with a single pole.

[2] A pole suspension system allows for positioning an open fire in front of the shelter without the risk of damaging tree trunks or roots.

With suitable siting and careful staking and tensioning, the side walls can be set close to the ground, providing protection from drafts and lifting from winds.

While the open canvas shelter is not uniquely Finnish, the shape of modern loue was developed by writer Aarne Erkki Järvinen and presented for the first time in Metsästys ja kalastus-magazine in 1931 [1].

After World War II, the loue was popular in Finland among boy scouts and through books of Kullervo Kemppinen and Olli Aulio.