Pioneering organic body care and anthroposophic medicine since 1921
The wonders of Weleda began in 1921 in the scenic town of Arlesheim, Switzerland. This now global company blossomed from a pharmaceutical facility developed by the Dutch medical doctor Ita Wegman and the renowned Austrian philosopher Dr. Rudolf Steiner, to provide unique remedies and body care preparations. All remedies, as they remain today, were exclusively derived from nature.
Through such values, the ideals of Weleda spread to the United States, resulting in the creation of Weleda North America in the USA in 1922, as an independent licensing operation from Weleda Switzerland.
Weleda North America went through a vast array of growth processes, from the harvesting of its own medicinal herbs and biodynamic® gardens in New York during the onset of World War II, to the re-unification with its parent group, Weleda AG, in 1995. Weleda North America is now a fully-owned subsidiary of its Swiss parent and a part of the international Weleda Group, which houses offices in more than 30 countries throughout the world. Through such evolution and growth, Weleda has remained true to its founding principles and philosophy, "In harmony with nature and the human being."
