Thule was founded in 1942 by Erik Thulin, a devoted outdoorsman who started the company in Hillerstorp, Sweden, making fishing gear for fellow nature lovers. Thule Group From those humble beginnings, the company spent the next several decades solving one problem: how do you safely transport the things you care about?

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