{"id":66427,"date":"2026-07-08T09:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/?p=66427"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:44:52","slug":"podcast-the-trangia-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/podcast-the-trangia-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 206 &#8211; From Sweden to Campsites Worldwide &#8211; The Trangia Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the full episode here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-video-popup-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-video-popup-close\"><\/div>\n\t\t<iframe class=\"wp-video-popup-video is-hosted is-landscape is-resizable\" src=\"\" data-wp-video-popup-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U_e3x4ZyQDc?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\">\n\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-19456941\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1259564\/19456941.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-19456941&amp;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">100 years, one factory, and a stove design nobody&#8217;s been able to improve on.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From a small Swedish village called Tr\u00e5ngsviken to a factory that&#8217;s shipped over a quarter-million burners a year, in this episode Ben and Lauren sit down with Magnus Rydel, CEO of Trangia, to unpack a century of doing things the slow way on purpose. They dig into why the brass spirit burner hasn&#8217;t meaningfully changed since the 1950s, how a scrap of aluminium punched from one part becomes the lid on another, and the story behind the brand&#8217;s most unlikely bestseller: a glittery pink windshield born from a 9-year-old&#8217;s note in a suggestion box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tune in for an hour of manufacturing philosophy, fuel-safety myths busted, and a genuinely lovely reminder that not everything needs to boil water faster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Trangia-Body.jpg\" alt=\"2 people cooking on a Trangia stove in the golden morning light with open wilderness, trees and mountains in the background\" class=\"wp-image-61582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Trangia-Body.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Trangia-Body-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Trangia-Body-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Trangia-Body-10x7.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trangia&#8217;s story is about capturing moments like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timestamps:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>00:00<\/strong> &#8211; Welcome: introducing Trangia CEO Magnus Ryel from Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>01:12<\/strong> &#8211; Magnus&#8217;s path: engineering, General Motors, and becoming CEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>03:13<\/strong> &#8211; Settling the debate: how do you actually say &#8220;Trangia&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>07:32<\/strong> &#8211; Origin story: a 1950s Swedish holiday law sparks the stove<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14:27<\/strong> &#8211; Why Trangia still manufactures entirely in Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16:59<\/strong> &#8211; No chatbots: why Trangia insists on answering the phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20:57<\/strong> &#8211; Stove sizing explained: the confusing 25 vs 27 names<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22:01<\/strong> &#8211; Materials 101: aluminium, hard anodised, and Duossal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>27:49<\/strong> &#8211; The brass burner that hasn&#8217;t changed in 100 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>36:33<\/strong> &#8211; Choosing the right fuel (and what to never use)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>43:23<\/strong> &#8211; Trangia&#8217;s pitch: simplicity and safety over speed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>46:26<\/strong> &#8211; The new in-house gas burner, now certified for Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>50:14<\/strong> &#8211; The Power Pink story: a 9-year-old&#8217;s letter that went viral<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>58:05<\/strong> &#8211; What&#8217;s coming: bowls, cups, and a ceramic-coated fry pan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1:01:55<\/strong> &#8211; Trangia around the world: markets and Australia&#8217;s love for it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Products mentioned in this episode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/hiking-stoves#?pagenumber=1&amp;orderBy=0&amp;brands=45&amp;type=481\">Trangia Stoves<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/spirit-burner\">Trangia Spirit Burner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/gas-burner-storm\">Trangia Gas Burner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snowys.com.au\/fuel-bottle-2\">Trangia Safety Fuel Bottle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanks for listening, tune in again for next week&#8217;s episode!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3fc1e5f8-10be-4b09-998a-70c6506a24fc\">Thanks for tuning in to this week\u2019s episode of the Snowys Camping Show Podcast. 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