The Danish things the world knows by name
Chairs in museum collections, lamps hung in homes on every continent, silver made in Copenhagen since 1904, licorice from Bornholm. A guide to what Denmark makes that is known far beyond it: what each one is, why it is renowned, and the maker's own site.
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Ortofon, Hi-fi Concorde A phono cartridge from Ortofon, introduced for home hi-fi in 1979 and made for DJs since 1984, now in its second generation.
Gonge, Balance and movement toys Giant Top A large plastic top that one or two children sit in to rock and spin, or build a den with.
Holmegaard, Tableware Skibsglas A series of drinking glasses, the ship's glass, designed by Per Lütken for Holmegaard.
Clothing Anne Sofie Madsen Copenhagen womenswear label founded by Anne Sofie Madsen in 2011, known for hand-sewn, hand-dyed pieces made to order.
Cheese and butter Castello A Danish cheese brand founded in 1893, known for its soft blue and white mould cheeses.
Kay Bojesen, Design objects Monkey Kay Bojesen's jointed wooden monkey of 1951, in teak and limba, made today by Rosendahl.
Elhanati, Jewellery houses Oceania Earrings Earrings with opal, drawn after the water of Capri, by Elhanati.
Aarhus and the towns Hotel Oasia A design hotel of 91 rooms near the railway station in Aarhus, furnished with Nordic furniture and Hästens beds, owned by the Danish hotelier Jens Rysgaard.
Clothing Designers Remix Copenhagen fashion house making women's clothing from redesigned and upcycled deadstock fabrics, founded in 2002 by Charlotte and Niels Eskildsen.
Marzipan Odense Marcipan A marzipan maker founded in Odense in 1909, one of the largest in the world.
Beer Tuborg A Danish brewer founded near Copenhagen in 1873, known for its green-labelled pilsner, Tuborg Green.
Fragrance Skandinavisk A Copenhagen fragrance house whose scented candles and perfumes are built around Scandinavian nature.
By the sea Allinge Badehotel A seaside hotel of 24 rooms in a half-timbered house of 1774 on the north coast of Bornholm, holder of one MICHELIN Key.
The rules of the guide
- Danish, and known abroad. Every house, product and place here was founded in Denmark and is known well beyond it: in museum collections, in the Michelin Guide, in shops and homes around the world.
- Straight to the maker. Every page links to one site only: the maker's own. No shops, no affiliate links, no tracking, no paid placement.
- Only what we can show. Every fact comes from a source, and the sources are on the page for anyone who looks. What we could not source is left out.
- Kept current. Every page is checked against its sources again on a fixed schedule, and leaves the guide when what it describes is no longer open. A product no longer made keeps its page, marked discontinued.