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Saddlery, then sleep
Pehr Adolf Janson opened as a master saddler in 1852. The craft that shaped horsehair into saddles became, by the early 1900s, the craft that shapes it into beds. Six generations of the same family still run the company.
Powered by Hästens
A bed built the way an instrument is built.
Sleep Week's beds are made by Hästens, a Swedish company that has handcrafted beds from horsetail hair, flax, cotton, wool, and slow-grown pine since 1852.
The house
One family, one factory, five materials.
1852
Founded as a saddlery
Köping, Sweden
6
Generations, family owned
Still privately held
1952
Purveyor to the Royal Court
Warrant still held
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Natural materials
Nothing chosen for marketing
- Horsetail hair
- Flax
- Cotton
- Wool
- Swedish pine
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Five natural materials
Horsetail hair, flax, cotton, wool, and slow-grown Swedish pine. Nothing is chosen for marketing. Each material is there because it moves air, wicks moisture, or springs back into shape.
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Made by hand, in one place
Every bed is built in the Köping factory. A masterpiece build takes a small team months, and the makers sign what they finish.
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Purveyor to the Royal Court
Named the official bedding supplier to the Swedish Royal Court in 1952, a hundred years after the company was founded, and still holds that title.
The rotation
Entry bed to masterpiece, one per measured night.
The same five materials appear in all three beds. What changes is how deeply they're built, which is exactly what the three-night comparison measures.
Night one · Entry
Hästens Marquis®
Entry Hästens bed system, horsehair, cotton, wool and flax over pine
From approximately $6,000
Night two · Icon
Hästens 2000T®
Three spring systems, deep horsehair, the house icon since 1978
From approximately $37,000
Night three · Masterpiece
Hästens Vividus®
The masterpiece build, six spring systems, months of handwork
From approximately $345,000
Why this partner
What a handmade bed contributes to a measured night.
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Air, not foam
Horsetail hair is hollow and springy. It lets air through and releases moisture overnight, supporting the drop in body temperature that Sleep Week measures, rather than fighting it.
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A surface that can be held constant
Hand-built beds hold up far more consistently overnight than mass-produced foam. That stability is what makes a three-night comparison meaningful.
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A ladder, not a single product
Because the collection spans entry-level to masterpiece using the same materials, the rotation isolates how deep the construction goes as the one variable.
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Something to take home
Whichever surface ranks first in your results becomes a spec, sized and set up, to trial at home in your own conditions.
Hästens is Sleep Week's bed partner. These beds are premium consumer products, not medical devices, and Sleep Week does not sell them. Prices are estimates for a complete bed system and vary by size, market, and configuration. Bed images are supplied by the manufacturer.