Russian documents from the 1600s list "bird down" among the goods sold to Dutch merchants, and communities in northern Norway began protecting the nests of eider ducks as early as 1890.
Documentos rusos do século XVII inclúen a "penuxe de aves" entre as mercancías vendidas a mercadores holandeses, e as comunidades do norte de Noruega empezaron a protexer os niños de éider xa en 1890.