After 15 years, the Swedish children's outerwear brand exited the American market at the end of 2025. If your family or school relied on PO.P for rain gear, here's what actually replaces it — and what to look for no matter what brand you choose.
Last updated February 2026
If you're reading this, you probably already know. Polarn O. Pyret — the Swedish brand that was basically standard-issue at forest schools and nature preschools across the US — began winding down its American operations in late 2025 and is selling through remaining inventory via a small outlet site. The reason: tariffs on imports from China, combined with a weakened US dollar and a strategic shift at Stockholm headquarters that made restocking the US franchise financially unsustainable.
For a lot of outdoor education families, this wasn't just losing a brand. It was losing the one company that seemed to understand what daily, all-weather