An expert’s perspective on the true value of deep sleep.
According to research by American scientists, anyone making it to 80 will have spent 22 years in bed. So sleep is incredibly important and mattress quality is vital. The mattress can be traced back to the 12th century and the term itself originates from the Arabic word matrah. In 1852 a Scandinavian saddler named Pehr Adolf Janson became an unrivalled pioneer of the modern mattress, which he marketed under the brand name Hästens (meaning “of the horse” in Swedish, since the mattresses were made of horsehair).
Today, the fifth generation of the Janson family still runs the business, which ranks as the world's champion mattress-maker and is represented in over 40 countries. Since the end of the 1980s, sales of these top quality beds, which are entirely hand-made down to the last nail, has skyrocketed by 30,000%, and between 1994 and 2005 alone the number of beds sold by Hästens outside Sweden soared by 71%. In recognition of this achievement, Hästens was awarded the Swedish Great Export Prize.
Since 1952 Hästens has been an official supplier of beds to Sweden's royal family. Indeed, King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia sleep on a bed from Hästens’ Vividus collection costing €88,300, making it the most expensive bed in the world. What’s more, GHM has chosen to underscore the importance of quality for its guests by asking the world's best bed manufacturer to fit out the new Chedi Andermatt.
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