Helgabad makes a range of comfortable and versatile ponchos in a variety of sizes and styles.

Helga means holy or blessed in Swedish, bad means bath.

Helgabad is inspired by Nordic bathing rituals, inner strength, harmony and new beginnings.

We sell bathing essentials to people who value Nordic simplicity and Scandinavian style. Our items combine practicality, comfort and quiet sophistication.

KAFTAN(EN) is the result of a product idea that was born in 2015 as I was drying my girls with a hooded towel after their evening bath. I was inspired to create something similar for adults. At the time my product idea was rejected repeatedly and so I put it aside.

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic many Finns, myself included, found refuge in cold water swimming. KAFTAN(EN) turned out to be the perfect companion for those quick and not particularly private moments when the cold and wet swim gear needed to come off quickly.

In May 2021 I founded Helgabad.

India has a special place in my heart. In the 1960s my grandfather was employed by the WHO to help set up the healthcare system. My grandmother reluctantly joined him, they had already spent two years in Africa, and she would have liked to stay in Finland, close to her daugther and her family. My grandmother passed away when I was very young and so I never knew her. ​

Her name was Helga. ​

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