About Duckfeet
Inga and Claus Wiechmann founded Wiema Sko, the company behind the duckfeet® brand, in 1975 in Sønderjylland – the southern part of Denmark – and has since been a small family-run company with a lot of personality. duckfeet® is designed and produced based on ideas of simplicity and honesty – a pair of duckfeet® doesn’t pretend to be something they are not.
The first styles to be designed and produced were Jylland and Sjælland, and both styles are still produced and sold to this day without any changes to the design. In fact, the pattern for all our shoes has been left unchanged since 1975 when the first pair of Duckfeet saw the light of day. In the mid-1970s, Sønderjylland was a stronghold for shoe production in Denmark.
The women sat at home sewing the shafts that were then later assembled at factories. Therefore, it came naturally to Inga and Claus to start their own shoe production in the city Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.
SPREADING JOY, ONE STEP AT A TIME
1970
The women sat at home sewing the shafts that were then later assembled at factories. Therefore, it came naturally to Inga and Claus to start their own shoe production in the city Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.
1975
The women sat at home sewing the shafts that were then later assembled at factories. Therefore, it came naturally to Inga and Claus to start their own shoe production in the city Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.
1980 +
Originale Danske Andefødder earned great success throughout the 1970s and early 1980s both in Denmark and also in Germany, where the foot-shaped style of shoes quickly came to be known as Entenschuhe.
The family moved the production to Poland with its long tradition in shoemaking, and we have since had an amazing and close cooperation with the factory. As fashion shifted up through the 1980s.
2004
Wiema Sko ApS was acquired by Vibeke Dissing. The name of the brand was changed from Originale Danske Andefødder to duckfeet®, but the beautiful Danish design and high quality remained unchanged.
2022
Vibeke’s cousin, Klaus Vang, took over the company and operation. Klaus and the whole team are very proud to be able to continue duckfeet® nurturing the same values as when the company started in 1975.
The women sat at home sewing the shafts that were then later assembled at factories. Therefore, it came naturally to Inga and Claus to start their own shoe production in the city Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.
The women sat at home sewing the shafts that were then later assembled at factories. Therefore, it came naturally to Inga and Claus to start their own shoe production in the city Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.
Originale Danske Andefødder earned great success throughout the 1970s and early 1980s both in Denmark and also in Germany, where the foot-shaped style of shoes quickly came to be known as Entenschuhe.
The family moved the production to Poland with its long tradition in shoemaking, and we have since had an amazing and close cooperation with the factory. As fashion shifted up through the 1980s.
Wiema Sko ApS was acquired by Vibeke Dissing. The name of the brand was changed from Originale Danske Andefødder to duckfeet®, but the beautiful Danish design and high quality remained unchanged.
Vibeke’s cousin, Klaus Vang, took over the company and operation. Klaus and the whole team are very proud to be able to continue duckfeet® nurturing the same values as when the company started in 1975.
