Swan chair
Arne Jacobsen's upholstered lounge chair on a star-shaped aluminium base, designed in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen and made by Fritz Hansen.
- Designed by
- Arne Jacobsen
- Made by
- Fritz Hansen
- First made
- 1958
Pictures © Fritz Hansen, from fritzhansen.com.
Why it is renowned
The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne holds a Swan chair made by Fritz Hansen around 1968, given to the museum by Design 250 in 1969.1
Recognition
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne11969a Swan chair made by Fritz Hansen around 1968 in its collection
The story
Arne Jacobsen designed the Swan in 1958 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, a building he designed down to the cutlery in its restaurant; the Egg chair came from the same commission.2345 He used the Swan again in later work, among it Danmarks Nationalbank.2 Fritz Hansen has made it ever since, upholstered in leather or fabric on a star-shaped base of satin-polished aluminium.2 Jacobsen drew a sofa of the same design.2
Sources
- Swan chair, Arne JACOBSEN, FRITZ HANSEN, Allerød, NGV. ngv.vic.gov.au, read 17 October 2026.
- Swan (chair), Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 17 October 2026.
- Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 28 September 2026.
- Arne Jacobsen, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 28 September 2026.
- Swan, Fritz Hansen. fritzhansen.com, read 21 October 2026.
Checked 21 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.