Sweden, 27.02.2025
Helena Larsson is the Managing Director of the Swedish company Concess Nordic AB, a subsidiary of Leuchtturm Gruppe — a third-generation family-owned business driven by a deep passion for paper, design, quality, and craftsmanship. This passion is shared by everyone in the company. Their functional and stylish notebooks and planners are designed to encourage frequent use, featuring Scandinavian designs and paper that is a pleasure to write on, offering a delightful tactile experience when flipping through the pages. Their brand, Paperstyle, is known for its carefully chosen materials, ensuring durable covers and bindings built to last. Sustainability is a key focus, with products designed to minimize environmental impact. Learn more about Helena’s love for paper.
What inspires you in your work?
I love designing products that reflect our customers’ personalities and bring them joy every time they pick up their notebook, journal, yearly diary, or guestbook. Our products are more than just stationery – they help people stay organized, capture memories, and find moments of calm in a busy world.
Inspired by nature, we carefully select colors, materials, and designs to create sustainable products with minimal environmental impact. We stay on top of trends to ensure our collections evolve to meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow's customers.
Above all, we are passionate about what we do. We work as a close-knit, dedicated team to create products that inspire, delight, and make everyday life a little more beautiful.
What does paper mean to you?
Paper is essential to me – I use it to jot down ideas, calculations, and sketches for new products. It helps me organize my thoughts and remember things better. Writing on paper gives me a sense of calm and a break from the digital world. I also love the feel of high-quality paper beneath my fingertips.
Why do you choose to work with Munken?
At Paperstyle, it’s important to offer paper that matches our vision and values. Munken meets our high standards for quality, thickness, color, and tactile feel, ensuring a premium experience with every touch.
Sustainability is just as important to us. Munken is one of the world’s cleanest paper mills, offering FSC-certified paper and Cradle to Cradle certification at the bronze level. This commitment to sustainability allows us to deliver products that our customers love and trust.
What are you currently working on?
In autumn 2024, we launched the Grande Design Edition, inspired by the trend of
Coffee Table Books in interior design. We wanted to create a notebook that is both
beautiful and functional. At the moment we are expanding this collection with more beautifully designed titles to suit different needs in the home.
Many of our customers use our elegant notebooks for school, work, and personal reflections – and also as stylish decor pieces. With this collection, we take that concept further, offering a notebook that enhances your living room table, desk, or workspace while being practical and generously sized.
We chose plain pages for flexibility, but each notebook includes a removable guide sheet with lines on one side and dots on the other, allowing users to choose between ruled, plain, or dotted pages as needed.
The collection currently features Coffee Table Journals, a Guest Book, and a Wedding Book. These luxurious editions are crafted with great attention to detail, including:
– Elegant European textile covers
– Matching endpapers
– 256 plain pages of 115 gsm Munken paper
– A removable ruled/dotted guide sheet
– Two silk ribbon bookmarks
– CO2 neutral production in Europe
