Brown Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1956
By Stig Lindberg, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden 1968
By Stig Lindberg, Gunnar Nylund, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Eggshaped Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden 1964
By Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1960s
By Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden 1962
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg, Gunnar Nylund, Wilhelm Kage, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden 1961
By Gustavsberg, Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Wilhelm Kage, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Yellow Rare Lidded Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
By Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Red Stoneware Miniature Bowl by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
By Berndt Friberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1960s
By Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his
Ceramic, Stoneware
Celadon Stoneware Miniature Bowl by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
By Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1960s
By Stig Lindberg, Gunnar Nylund, Wilhelm Kage, Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Eggshaped Stoneware Vase Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden 1960s
By Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1960s
By Stig Lindberg, Gunnar Nylund, Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Blue Stoneware Miniature Vase by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg Studio Sweden 1960s
By Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund, Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Orrefors Sweden Bowl With Colored Crystal Dish
By Orrefors
Located in Prato, Tuscany
previously worked at Kosta Boda, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman, a craftsman who came from
Crystal
Large Brown Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1963
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Green Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1958
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg. Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975. Beige / Off White
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975. Brown.
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1969
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1969
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1975
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Berndt Friberg, Eggshaped Stoneware Vase, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1969
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1956
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Berndt Friberg, Eggshaped Stoneware Vase, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1965
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1969
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1962
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1953
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1956
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1956
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1960
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1950s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1958
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Gustavsberg's shop on Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1960
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1965
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1963
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1964
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1971
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1963
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1977
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1975
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1979
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1960s
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1965
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Bowl by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1971
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1963
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1965
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1964
By Gustavsberg, Berndt Friberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1962
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1953
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Mouth Blown Crystal Glass Vase from Orrefors Sweden, 1970s
By Orrefors
Located in København K, 84
Kosta Boda before, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman. Wollman originated from Bohemia
Glass
Berndt Friberg, Blue 3-piece Stoneware Tea Set, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1955
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg, Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Malmö, SE
Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the years, and his first solo exhibition
Ceramic, Stoneware
Berndt Friberg, Blue 3-piece Stoneware Tea Set, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1958
By Berndt Friberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
Jarlsgatan in Stockholm together with Calle Blomqvist and Stig Lindberg. Many exhibitions followed over the
Ceramic, Stoneware
Unavailable|$4,400
Graal Vase by Fritz Blomqvist and Knut Bergqvist for Orrefors
By Fritz Blomqvist
Located in New York, NY
Unique handblown "Graal" vase with faint floral decoration in pink and blue glass, 1917.
Unavailable|$952
Tranås Stilarmatur Wooden Bulb Table Lamp
By AB Stilarmatur Tranås, Henrik Blomqvist
Located in Alvesta, SE
A beautiful table lamp by Henrik Blomqvist. Made from bulbuous mahogany and aluminium. The
Aluminum
Carl Fagerlund Pendant, Brass, Clear & Amber Glass Panels Orrefors, Sweden, 1970
By Orrefors, Carl Fagerlund
Located in Malmo, SE
Eugen and Knut Bergkvist, who had worked at Kosta Boda before, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich
Brass
Unavailable|$3,394
Large Stoneware Vase by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg
Located in Klintehamn, SE
Blomqvist, where he presented heavy stoneware vases and surrealistic figurines. This vase is probably from
Stoneware
Scandinavian modernism is perhaps the warmest and most organic iteration of modernist design. The work of the designers associated with vintage Scandinavian modern furniture was founded on centuries-old beliefs in both quality craftsmanship and the ideal that beauty should enhance even the humblest accessories of daily life.
ORIGINS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE SCANDINAVIAN MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The gentle, organic contours that are typical of Scandinavian design appear in the furnishings and decor created by Danish, Finnish and Swedish designers not as a stylistic gesture, but rather as a practical, ergonomic — and, as importantly, elegant — response to the human form.
Each nation produced exceptional talents in all areas of the applied arts, yet each had its forté. Sweden was home to Greta Magnusson Grossman and Bruno Mathsson — creators of the classic Grasshopper lighting series and Berlin daybed, respectively — but the country excelled most notably at ceramics. In the 1920s at the great Gustavsberg porcelain manufactory, Wilhelm Kåge introduced pieces in the Scandinavian style based on influences from folklore to Cubism; his skills were passed on to his versatile and inspired pupils Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg.
Likewise, Finland produced a truly ingenious Scandinavian modern furniture designer in the architect Alvar Aalto, a master at melding function and artistic form in works like the Paimio chair, created in collaboration with his first wife, Aino. Yet Finnish glassware was pre-eminent, crafted in expressive, sculptural designs by Tapio Wirkkala and Timo Sarpaneva.
The Danes excelled at chairs. Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen were exemplars of the country’s facility with wood, particularly teak.
Wegner created such iconic pieces as the Round chair and the Wishbone chair; Jacobsen — while the revolutionary architect and furniture innovator produced the best-selling plywood Ant chair — designed two classic upholstered pieces of the 1950s: the Swan chair and Egg chair. The list of great Danes could go on and on, including Finn Juhl, a stylistic maverick and maker of the bold Chieftain chair; Poul Kjaerholm, with his lean metal-and-rattan aesthetic; and Verner Panton, who introduced a vibrant Pop note into international design.
Today, decades after their heyday, the prolific, ever-evolving Scandinavian modernists continue to amaze and delight, and interior designers all over the world use their pieces to bring warmth to any given space.
On 1stDibs, you will note both instantly recognizable vintage Scandinavian modern chairs, sofas, rugs and tables — those that have earned iconic status over time — and many new discoveries.