The Health Benefits of European Linen Bedding

Our European linen bedding is not only super soft and sustainable, it's also good for your health! Find out how European linen benefits your health, helping you sleep soundly and feel better when you wake.

European Linen Bedding—Certified Free from Harmful Chemicals

Our Scandinavian-style duvet covers are made from certified European Flax, which must be grown in France, Belgium, or the Netherlands. As a 100% natural crop, European Flax linen is perfect for those with allergies, sensitive skin, or skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema. All European Flax producers sign the European Flax charter, which is a commitment to environmentally-friendly local farming with no artificial irrigation, GMOs, or waste. The flax that goes into making our duvet covers is irrigated using rainwater and nothing else. European Flax certification also means that scutching—the process by which the linen fiber is extracted from the stem—is done 100% mechanically, without chemicals.

Our European linen duvet covers are also OEKO-TEX certified. All Modern Dane bedding carries Class 1 certification, which is the most highly regulated class and the only one suitable for babies. Testing for OEKO-TEX certification takes place at independent institutes in Europe and Japan. All Class 1 textiles are free from banned substances such as phthalates, formaldehyde, Azo dyes, and heavy metals, as well as legal but potentially harmful substances like pesticides or allergenic dyes. Our European linen duvet covers, sheets, and pillowcases have a skin-friendly pH and dyes that won’t transfer onto your skin.

How Linen Helps You Sleep

Great sleep has many health benefits. We sleep so that the brain can flush out neurotoxins and consolidate memories; sleep helps us to maintain our body temperature, mood, energy levels, metabolism, and immune system. Lack of sleep has a profound effect on all aspects of our life: we’re less productive at work and we perceive things differently, which affects our mood and relationships. In the long term, poor sleep affects our metabolism, which makes it harder to maintain a healthy weight.

European linen bedding helps to support good sleep. Unlike cotton, which eventually pills, linen becomes softer over time as washing degrades naturally-occurring pectin in the fibers. This makes linen bedding comfortable to sleep on, night after night. Every item in our Danish-style bedding collection is garment-washed once finished, so we’ve already started this process for you. Don’t believe us? Pick up one of our swatches to feel how soft it is straight out of the box.

Disordered sleep is often caused by feeling too hot or too cold at night. Although better known as a summer fabric, linen is actually suitable year-round. Linen strands contain tiny pores, which either trap warm air or let it pass through, depending on the ambient temperature of the room. This makes linen thermoregulating—it keeps you cool when it’s warm and warm when it’s cool. Linen can also absorb up to 20% of its weight in moisture before it starts to feel damp.

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