Where it all began.

Our foundation is built on an idea that was born over forty years ago on a cross-country ski track in northern Finland. The idea was to measure the beats of the heart with a wearable device – but it grew into something much bigger when we discovered just how powerful that information can be when it’s used in the right way.

This same idea still guides us, and it’s the reason we continue to push the limits on what we believe is humanly possible – in terms of science, health, and performance. For the past four decades, we have spent every day in search of undeniable truths about the human body; obsessed by what it is trying to tell us, poring over the data, sweating over the science – Why?

We Are Pioneers.

We are a design company—it’s in our name and in our blood. Our products must be innovative, beautifully crafted, and quite literally the best in their category. This is a high bar, but it provides necessary challenge and appropriate limits. Pursuit of this high standard gives us pride, satisfaction, the exuberance of mental strain, and many sleepless nights.

We Are Science.

The products we make are the results of years of unparalleled innovation in science and guidance technology - this is the leading differentiator between us and everyone else. Since 1984, we have filed over 450 patents, and entered more than 10,000 publications into Polar Research Library – but our work doesn’t end here.

As more and more people around the world are wearing smart devices like ours to understand themselves better, perform better, and live better, what we do today is more relevant now than it ever has been – and will have a greater impact on how we live in the future.

We Are Passionate.

When it comes to sports, no one comes close to the passion we have – and we like to think this shows in everything we do.

Everyone at Polar is different, but at our very core we are all athletes:

There are people who run marathons for fun on Sunday mornings. There are people who practice yoga to find balance in a hectic world. There are people who climb mountains just because it’s another obstacle to overcome. There are even people who haven’t exercised in weeks – okay, months – but we all get up every day to compete: some against others, all against themselves.

It’s the great, big human race and we’re not happy sitting on the side-lines.