DESIGNERS from Denmark

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Designers of all time. This list of famous Danish Designers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935)

With an HPI of 53.20, Georg Jensen is the most famous Danish Designer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Georg Arthur Jensen (31 August 1866 in Rådvad – 2 October 1935 in Copenhagen) was a Danish silversmith and founder of Georg Jensen A/S (also known as Georg Jensen Sølvsmedie).

2. Hans Wegner (1914 - 2007)

With an HPI of 50.46, Hans Wegner is the 2nd most famous Danish Designer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Hans Jørgensen Wegner (April 2, 1914 – January 26, 2007) was a Danish furniture designer. His work, along with a concerted effort from several of his manufacturers, contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design. His style is often described as Organic Functionality, a modernist school with emphasis on functionality. This school of thought arose primarily in Scandinavian countries with contributions by Poul Henningsen, Alvar Aalto, and Arne Jacobsen. Wegner has been referred to as the "King of Chairs" for his proliferated work designing seating. In his lifetime he designed over 500 different chairs, over 100 of which were put into mass production and many of which have become recognizable design icons. “If only you could design just one good chair in your life...but you simply cannot.” Wegner received several major design prizes in his lifetime, from the Lunning Prize in 1951 and the Grand Prix of the Milan Triennale in the same year, to the Prince Eugen Medal in Sweden and the Danish Eckersberg Medal. In 1969, he was made honorary Royal designer for industry by the Royal Society of Arts in London.