The Utne cardigan is inspired by the Utne Hotel, one of the oldest in Norway to have operated continuously as a hotel in the same building. Travellers have been enjoying food and shelter here since 1722, when Peder Larsson Børsem first acquired a licence to receive guests, and up to the present day. The hotel has a three-hundred year tradition of care and consideration for its guests. It is located by the glittering Hardanger Fjord and sheltered by towering mountains.