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The list of amazing Scandinavian designers could go on and on. This is a good beginning.

If I could add to the list, I'd add Arne Vodder, Ib Kofod-Larsen, and Børge Mogensen as a good start.

Vodder is without a doubt one of the most influential Danish designers--he was an architect as well as a designer, and his furniture is breathtaking! In particular, I love his work with sideboards & desks. The floating drawers that are frequently found in his desks are so incredibly cool.

Ib Kofod-Larsen had a huge influence on the G-Plan line that really introduced Danish Modern to the UK, and his designs were also imported to the US by Selig--if you weren't buying France & Sons, you were probably buying Selig or a Selig knock-off.

Finally, Børge Mogensen is another wonderful designer -- check out his work for Sibast. I lucked into finding a Mogensen bookcase last week for a song -- the elegant legs and attention to fine detail are wonderful.

I always wished Jørgen Rasmussen would make these lists. His Kevi chair might not knock your socks off but the man designed the double wheel caster which is used on practically every rolling office chair for the last 30-40 years.

I second the suggestion for Børge Mogensen. He designed some inexpensive but beautiful furniture that was sold in grocery stores, I think, soon after WWII when Danes needed affordable beauty in their lives.

There is also N. O. Møller, who designed some of the most beautiful dining chairs ever. And Poul Cadovius for storage, Georg Jensen for housewares, Arne Bang for pottery, Peter Hvidt and Jens Risom (though he emigrated to the US as a young man) for furniture. And lots and lots of lesser known Danes!

Great online index of designers with photos of their pieces:

http://www.danish-design.com/

p.s. Alvar Aalto was Finnish, just for the record.

No Arne Jacobsen? No Hans Wegner, whom was well known for his chairs? And though not well known, Tias Eckhoff's design sensibilities, as well as his breadth of projects, ranging from flatware to sinks to door keys is impressive. And Henning Koppel, whom worked for Georg Jensen with silver jewelry and housewares (btw, sorry, Georg Jensen was art nouveau for the most part, though did delve into more contemporary functionalist pieces towards the end of his life, was not the designer of the many modern pieces in the line), as well as pottery, clocks, and many other goods.

You have to include the pp503 chair by Hans Wegner. The one Kennedy was sitting on during his TV debate with Nixon. (granted, the rest of the furniture on the set was horrible)

Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard-Nielsen, designers of the Axe chair, amongst other beautiful pieces.

I think we must also include Kai Kristiansen who was a prolific furniture designer of this era. Working mainly in rosewood and teak Kristiansen gave us the sculptural Flap-back armchair, the iconic FM-reolsystem shelving system (probably one of the most copied designs) and the elegant paperknife sofa amongst other beautiful pieces. Similar to Vodder, Kristiansen’s desk and sideboard designs are truly objects of desire.

Poul M. Volther (1923-2001) is another candidate for the list. Like his good friend Hans Wegner, he originally trained as a cabinetmaker going on later to graduate as an architect. Volther worked under Børge Mogensen at FDB design so he had strong design influences early on.

The Corona Chair is Volther’s best known design was named after the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere. Although, when you see the chair it more resembles 4 ribs on a metal spine. It was a very futuristic design for its time (1964) and still looks space age, even now. Volther was very practical in his design so ultimately the chair was built for comfort not purely for its great looks. The Corona is an iconic design of the space race era.

So Kai Kristiansen and Poul Volther are my nominations for the list.

Jens Quistgaard, while known more for his housewares, designed some lovely pieces of furniture. http://goo.gl/N14re

Verner panton is my favorite designer one and i love his great design. I have a collection of furniture items of Panton like chair, tables in my home.

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