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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 23.1 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


Flexsteel Industries, Inc.:

       We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Flexsteel
Industries, Inc. (the Company) as of June 30, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the
three years in the period ended June 30, 2001, and have issued our report
thereon dated August 10, 2001. Such financial statements and report are included
in your Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2001 and are
incorporated herein by reference. Our audits also included the financial
statement schedule of Flexsteel Industries, Inc., listed in Item 14. This
financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statement schedule
based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.





DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 10, 2001

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