Erika Aittamaa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erika Aittamaa

Mitten inventor

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1866

Place of Birth: Junosuando, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1952

Profession: fashion designer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Maria Erika Olofsdotter Kruukka (22 February 1866 – 15 December 1952) was a Swedish artisan, famed as the inventor of the Lovikkavante mitten.
She was born to a poor family with many children.
She lived in Lovikka and in 1892 invented the Lovikkavante, a special kind of mittens.
Demand for Erika's mittens became so great that she taught others how to make them.
During the 1930s a local teacher found that she could patent the design.
The process however cost money and although the teacher found people who would fund the cost, Aittamaa refused to take charity.