Hästens
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 6 sources
Family-owned Swedish maker of handmade luxury beds.
Hästens makes its handmade luxury beds and mattresses in its own factories in Sweden, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are about a living wage.
Best available in bedding and textiles. No brand in this category is Good yet, and Hästens is the strongest we've rated: no serious red flags, and paying or working towards a living wage. How we pick
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 5 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 5 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Sweden are about a living wage, not checked at the company
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standardsPresumed from where it's made, not audited
- Not met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneA "Made in" claim can cover only the final stage. Earlier stages to show: materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton and timber) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: cotton
Red flags 0
None found.
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From Hästens's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Owns or runs its own production
- "Made in Sweden" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good. Source
- Doesn't show where its cotton comes from. Cotton is linked to forced labour in Xinjiang and Turkmenistan, and child labour in several growing regions, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
- Traces or certifies most but not all of its timber. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.
Research notes Hästens makes all its beds at its single factory in Köping, Sweden, and says its bed frames use slow-grown Swedish pine. Its horsehair is bought as a by-product from partners around the world, but it does not say where its horsehair, cotton, wool or flax come from or who spins and weaves them. It publishes no supplier code, supplier list, audit results or human rights statement.
What independent sources say
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Hästens Dream Factory: Where Generations Shape the Future of Sleep (Odalisque, 2026) · search the archive · Beds made in one single factory in Köping; frames of slow-grown Swedish pine; horsehair a by-product sourced from partners around the world
- Hästens: luxury beds made by master craftsmen (Tharawat Magazine, 2017) · search the archive · Köping factory is the manufacturing centre; frames of Swedish pine; layers of cotton, horsehair, flax and wool
- Hästens and the art of creating mattresses (Robb Report Malaysia, 2018) · search the archive · Beds made in Köping; bases of pine from northern Sweden; no origin given for horsehair, cotton or wool
- Pictet: Jan Ryde, The rest is business · search the archive · Jan Ryde is fifth-generation owner and CEO of family company Hastens, founded 1852
Published by Hästens or its owner
- Hästens Sydney store · search the archive · Hästens store at 381 Oxford Street, Sydney
- Hastens · search the archive · Beds handmade in Sweden from horsehair, cotton, wool and flax
Company details
- Headquarters
- Sweden
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Hästens ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/hastens, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
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