Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Fog & Mørup was a legendary Danish lighting manufacturer best known to collectors for the sleek and sculptural ceiling lights, wall lights and floor lamps that the company produced in the postwar years. Its vintage fixtures are ideal for design enthusiasts looking to introduce a splash of Scandinavian modernist ingenuity into a space.
Founders Ansgar Fog and Erik Mørup reportedly met in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1902. They became fast friends and discussed going into business together. An opportunity materialized a couple of years later when they discovered a newspaper advertisement — an Aarhus consignment warehouse had been vacated and its landowner was looking for a business to sign a new lease. The friends took a chance and established a wholesale metalwork business.
In 1906, Fog and Mørup moved the business to Copenhagen and focused on lighting. They purchased an electrical company in 1913 and opened a lighting factory shortly thereafter. The following two decades saw rapid expansion. One of the most notable Fog & Mørup designs from the interwar period was the brass Kongelys table lamp, created by Niels Rasmussen Thykier.
Johannes (Jo) Hammerborg, an alum of leading Danish silverware brand Georg Jensen, joined Fog & Mørup as head of design in the late 1950s, ushering in a period of commercial success and international prominence.
Hammerborg was an innovative designer whose sleek and streamlined aesthetic came to define the company. During his time with Fog & Mørup, Hammerborg designed over 60 lighting fixtures and collaborated with other designers such as Erik Balslev, Sophus Frandsen and more. Fog & Mørup also worked with designers Torsten Thorup and Claus Bonderup, who created the iconic trumpet-shaped Semi pendant light in 1967.
Fog & Mørup sales remained healthy into the 1970s. A merger followed in the ensuing decades and the brand definitively closed in 2005 after being acquired by Nordlux.
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Plastic, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Copper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Steel
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Iron, Bronze
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Iron
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Wood
1980s Space Age Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1960s Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Rosewood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Steel
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass, Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Ceramic
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Glass, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Rope, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Hemp, Teak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Rope, Teak
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Zinc
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
1960s Danish Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Fabric, Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Copper
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
String, Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Metal, Copper
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fog & Mørup Floor Lamps
Brass