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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3 Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Table Lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup
By Kaj Lange, Fog & Mørup, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three large table lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup For Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company The lamps are sold and priced individually. Discount available if sold as a grou...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service, Denmark 1961
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Delft, NL
Royal Copenhagen porcelain tableware dinner service, Denmark 1961 A Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner service with pattern number 595, the floral golden basket Flowers in the ce...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Sugar Bowl
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain sugar bowl with lid. It has a white background and it is hand painted with a blue bouquet of flowers in the center...
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Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Creamer
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain creamer. It has a white background and it is hand painted with a blue bouquet of flower in the center and singl...
Porcelain
Sonderborg Castle Porcelain Plate by Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New Orleans, LA
This plate by the celebrated porcelain firm of Royal Copenhagen features a wonderfully detailed seascape complete with ships and a quaint Danish village surrounding the Sonderborg Ca...
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1978 Royal Copenhagen Denmark Viking Porcelain Plate "Sounding the Lur"
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in London, England
his beautiful 1978 Royal Copenhagen Viking Plate, titled "Sounding the Lur," is a unique tribute to Danish history and craftsmanship. The plate was origin...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Model 1177 Classic Blue Fluted Bowl.
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Lejre, DK
This bowl is model 1177, which features the traditional, hand-painted blue design. The pattern is very characteristic of Royal Copenhagen’s blue-painted porcelain, known as "Blue Flu...
Porcelain
$923Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.58 in W 6.3 in D 6.5 in
1920s Danish Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Crab Bowl or Ashtray
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Barcelona, ES
A funny Royal Copenhagen porcelain basket bowl, dish or ashtray with a highly decorative crab figurine, Denmark, circa 1923. This piece is in excellent...
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Flora Danica Pierced Porcelain Basket by Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New Orleans, LA
A delicate floral motif encases this rare pierced porcelain basket by the celebrated Royal Copenhagen. Crafted in the highly celebrated Flora ...
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Royal Copenhagen Vintage Danish Porcelain Lobster Dish, circa 1924
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine early vintage Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain dish molded with a lobster dating from circa 1924. The shallow dish is heavily made and formed as a basket with a moulded baske...
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Royal Copenhagen "Blue Flowers" Gold Rimmed Porcelain Compote or Cake Stand
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Royal Copenhagen (Danish, founded 1775), circa 1970. A vintage Royal Copenhagen porcelain compote or cake stand. The piece features...
Porcelain
$2,500 / set
H 7.63 in W 9 in D 4.75 in
Vintage Royal Copenhagen Denmark Porcelain Quaking Grass Coffee Service
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine vintage Danish porcelain set. Pieces Signed on underside. Service of eight with small cake plates. All with artistic decoration to the porcelain. Porcelain is a ivory color (h...
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$25,079 / set
H 1.97 in W 23.63 in D 9.45 in
Royal Copenhagen Ichthyological Porcelain Part Dinner 'Fish-Service'
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in London, GB
A Royal Copenhagen Ichthyological porcelain part dinner 'fish-service' Danish, 20th century Plates: height 2cm, diameter 24cm Long dish: height 5cm, width 60cm, depth 24cm Cons...
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