Mariusgenser

She sold the legal rights to distribute the hand-knit pattern the same year to Sandnes Uldvarefabrik [no] for 100 Norwegian kroner.

[1] Designer Bitten Eriksen [no] said she designed the pattern in the later 1920s, also inspired by the book by Sibbern, and that she in the beginning of 1950s had hired women who hand-knitted the sweater for sale in her shop.

[1] Textile arts expert Annemor Møst estimated in 1999 that about 3,5 million copies of the knitting pattern had been sold and in 2008 estimated the number to be around 5 million and the number of sweaters that has been knitted based on the design as possibly multiple times more.

[1] Sandnes Uldvarefabrik estimated in 2011 that it had sold over five million copies of the pattern in a variety of color combinations.

[2][3] Then Crown Prince, now King Harald V and Gro Harlem Brundtland are among those who have worn the sweater publicly.