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Classic (The Louisiana Bicycle)

Søren Sögreni's plainest city bike, designed in the 1990s for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which keeps it in its collection.

Designed by
Søren Sögreni

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The Sögreni Classic in silver with a leather saddle
The Sögreni Classic in silver with a leather saddle

Pictures © Sögreni of Copenhagen, from sogreni.com.

Why it is renowned

In the mid-1990s the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk asked Søren Sögreni to design a bicycle for the museum, and the result became part of its permanent collection; a Classic has also been shown at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan.12 VisitCopenhagen points visitors to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art as a place to see one.3

The story

The Classic has no gears and no extras as Sögreni first drew it: a frame, a handlebar, two wheels and a saddle.1 It is built to order: buyers choose one of five frame sizes, one, three or nine gears and one of the colours, of which aluminium grey is named Louisiana.42

Sources
  1. About Sögreni. sogreni.com, read 6 October 2026.
  2. Søren Sögreni, Danish Bicycle Designer 1955–2024, ScandinavianDesign.com. scandinaviandesign.com, read 6 October 2026.
  3. Sögreni of Copenhagen, VisitCopenhagen. visitcopenhagen.com, read 6 October 2026.
  4. Classic (The Louisiana Bicycle), Sögreni of Copenhagen. sogreni.com, read 6 October 2026.

Last checked 6 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.