Helo

Experience the Finnish sauna with Helo sauna heaters. The sauna brand Helo was founded in 1919. At a time when all saunas were wood-fired, sooty, and smoky contraptions, engineer/inventor Oskar Vikström assembled the first prototype of an electric heater. He may not have been aware of the future impact his invention would have on sauna culture, but it was not until the early 1950s that the electric heater was patented as such. The new ability to enjoy a sauna simply by pressing a switch, without the need to light a fire and endure smoke and soot, meant more than a small revolution in a country where sauna culture is embedded in the nation’s genetics. Suddenly, it was possible to install saunas everywhere. There was no need to gather wood or breathe in smoke. Unlike public facilities, every man, woman, and child could enjoy a relaxing sauna in the privacy of their own home. From the 1960s onwards, electric saunas were increasingly installed in private homes, whether in an apartment in a multi-storey building or in a single-family home.