Danish furniture: the chairs and makers to know
Danish modern furniture came out of the partnership of architects and cabinetmakers; the Cabinetmakers' Guild showed their work in Copenhagen every year from 1927 to 1967. Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen and Finn Juhl built a thriving industry from the 1940s to the 1960s, and a Wegner chair was used in the televised Kennedy–Nixon debate of 1960. Today more than 80 percent of the furniture made in Denmark is sold abroad.
Fritz Hansen A furniture house founded in Denmark in 1872 that makes Arne Jacobsen's Egg, Swan and Series 7 chairs.Works: Superellipse table, Egg chair, Series 7, Ant chair, Swan chair
Carl Hansen & Søn A family-owned furniture maker on Funen, founded in 1908, that makes Hans J. Wegner's Wishbone Chair.Works: Wishbone Chair, Safari Chair, CH25 Easy Chair, Shell Chair (CH07), Elbow Chair (CH20)
Fredericia A family-owned furniture maker founded in Fredericia in 1911, best known for Børge Mogensen's Spanish Chair and J39.Works: 2213 Sofa, Trinidad Chair, Ox Chair, The Spanish Chair, J39 Mogensen Chair
HAY A Copenhagen furniture and homeware company founded in 2002 by Mette and Rolf Hay.Works: Élémentaire, Prince chair, Palissade
W.W. Artek Stool 60 Alvar Aalto's Stool 60 made by Artek in Bothnia Blue, Factory Yellow and Powder Pink for Wood Wood's 20th anniversary in 2022.
Muuto A Copenhagen design company founded in 2006 that makes furniture, lighting and accessories with Scandinavian designers.
PP Møbler A cabinetmaking workshop run by the Pedersen family that makes Hans J. Wegner's furniture, among it the Round Chair.Works: Round Chair, Peacock Chair, PP201, PP52/PP62
Vipp A family company that began with a pedal bin made in Randers in 1939 and now makes kitchens, lighting and furniture.Works: Vipp kitchen
House of Finn Juhl The company that holds the rights to Finn Juhl's furniture and has put more than 40 of his designs back into production.Works: 45 Chair, Pelican Chair, Baker Sofa, Chieftain Chair
Montana Furniture A family-owned maker of modular storage and furniture, built around Peter J. Lassen's Montana System and made on Funen.Works: Montana System, Panton One
&Tradition A Copenhagen furniture and lighting house founded in 2010 that makes Verner Panton's Flowerpot lamp, reissues mid-century designs and commissions new work from designers such as Jaime Hayon.
Audo Copenhagen A Copenhagen furniture, lighting and accessories house, formed in 2023 from Menu and by Lassen, that makes Mogens Lassen's Kubus candleholder and Flemming Lassen's Tired Man chair alongside new work by Norm Architects.Works: The Penguin Lounge Chair, The Tired Man, Plinth
Brdr. Krüger A Copenhagen furniture maker, founded as a woodturning workshop in 1886 and run by the fifth generation of the Krüger family, known for the Bølling Tray Table and the Arv chairs made for noma.Works: Bølling Tray Table, Ekko Chair, Arv chair, Arv table, Arv Plus Table
BoConcept A Danish furniture company, founded in 1952, that designs customisable sofas, chairs and tables and sells them through franchised BoConcept stores in more than 65 countries.Works: Paraggi
Bolia An Aarhus furniture company founded in 2000 that designs sofas, chairs, tables and accessories with designers from many countries and sells them in its own stores.Works: Hayden
Ferm Living A Copenhagen design company that makes furniture, lighting and accessories for the home.Works: Vist
Dinesen A family wood-flooring maker founded in Jels in 1898, known for wide solid and engineered planks in Douglas fir, oak, ash and pine.
Sika-Design A family-owned rattan furniture maker on Funen, founded in 1942, that makes its own designs and wicker chairs by Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel, Arne Jacobsen and Franco Albini.Works: Hanging Egg Chair, Madame Lounge Chair, Charlottenborg Chair, Renoir
FRAMA A Copenhagen design studio making furniture, lighting, tableware, fragrance and body care in natural materials, with its own store, bakery and coffee bar in the city and a store in Tokyo.Works: Shelf Library
Eilersen A sofa maker founded as a coachbuilder's shop in Skamby on Funen in 1895, known for deep, down-cushioned modular sofas such as Great Ash by Jens Juul Eilersen.
Andersen Furniture A Danish furniture maker founded in 1916, part of Design Concept Denmark, known for solid-wood furniture for homes and professional spaces.Works: A-Shelf
Lange Production A Danish furniture house founded in 2006 that reissues the steel-and-leather furniture of Fabricius & Kastholm and the moulded-plywood furniture of Grete Jalk.Works: GJ Bow Chair
GUBI A Copenhagen design house for furniture, lighting and objects, reissuing 20th-century designs such as the Bestlite and Multi-Lite lamps alongside new work like GamFratesi's Beetle chair.Works: Beetle Dining Chair
Normann Copenhagen A Copenhagen design company for furniture, lighting and objects, started as a shop in 1999 and making its own products since the Norm 69 lamp in 2002.
Sibast Furniture A Danish furniture house that brought back Helge Sibast's No 8 dining chair of 1953 in 2013 and now makes chairs, tables and sofas, among them the Bent Hansen designs it took over in 2025.Works: Sibast No 8, Primum Lounge Collection, Inverse Side Table, aluminium