Fredericia Chairs
Since the early 20th century, Fredericia has manufactured alluring and sophisticated Scandinavian furniture produced with the highest standards of quality in mind. The Danish brand collaborates with today’s top design talent and over time partnered with celebrated mid-century modernists such as Hans Wegner, Arne Vodder, Jens Risom — a leading figure in Scandinavian design and Knoll’s first designer — and Nanna Ditzel, whose Hanging Egg chair for Sika was a favorite for flashy fashion shoots of the 1960s.
Fredericia was founded in 1911 by N.P. Ravnsø as the Fredericia Chair Factory. In 1930, with the idea of creating a range of durable furniture made in the traditional styles of the era, Fredericia secured a license to manufacture pieces for German company Thonet.
In 1955 Danish businessman Andreas Graversen acquired Fredericia. Graversen had previously established what would become a long-lived partnership with notable furniture designer Børge Mogensen, a former teaching assistant to pioneering architect and designer Kaare Klint. Graversen sought to introduce modern flourishes to traditional Scandinavian furniture design at Fredericia — and owing to his business savvy and vision, coupled with Mogensen's artistic sensibilities and deep understanding of organic materials, the company successfully debuted various furnishings designed in the Scandinavian modern style that are still coveted today.
Fredericia brought Mogensen's iconic Spanish chair to market in 1958. With its solid European oak frame, wide armrests and suspended saddle leather seat and backrest, this signature piece solidified Fredericia's standing in Denmark — and around the world — as a premier furniture company. Mogensen designed many renowned pieces during his career at Fredericia, including the practical, rustic Hunting chair.
After Mogensen's death in 1972, Fredericia continued to flourish as a manufacturer. The company continues to work with legendary designers — witness its impossibly innovative Stingray rocking chair, designed by Thomas Pedersen, for example — and in 2020 acquired the Erik Jørgensen furniture company. Fredericia is now owned by Graversen's son, Thomas Graversen.
On 1stDibs, explore a range of vintage Fredericia seating, storage pieces and tables.
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Creator: Fredericia
Børge Mogensen Soborg Chair – Steel Frame, Seat & Back Upholstered
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
In 1952 Mogensen built onto the Søborg series with a steel-framed version, a design that he viewed as a reflection on international modernism. The generous back and seat with optiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3171 Bench - Black Lacquer - Leather
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen designed this solid wood dining bench in 1956. With its robust simplicity the bench is an ideal example of Mogensen’s lifelong drive f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Ten Børge Mogensen 61 Dining Chairs in Oak and Woven Cane Wicker
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Slender yet solid, simple yet striking, the BM61 dining chair brings us back to nature in a welcome return to simple shapes that capture the essence of a concept. Exposed constructio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak, Cane
BM 61 Børge Mogensen 61 Dining Chair in Oak and Woven Cane Wicker
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Slender yet solid, simple yet striking, the BM61 dining chair brings us back to nature in a welcome return to simple shapes that capture the essence of a concept...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak, Cane
Nanna Ditzel Trinidad Chair, Seat Upholstered
By Fredericia, Nanna Ditzel
Located in Berkeley, CA
Nanna Ditzel Trinidad chair, seat upholstered the precise transparency of the Trinidad chair almost dissolves in a play of light and shadow, yet at the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Space Copenhagen Spine Chair
By Fredericia, Space Copenhagen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Space Copenhagen spine chair is the fusion of Fredericia’s craft traditions and Space Copenhagen’s dynamic visual language that uses both classic motifs an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Black Lacquer, Leather
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen J39 Dining Chair, White Lacquer
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
J39, designed by Børge Mogensen in 1947. This versatile masterpiece is crafted from solid wood and features a handwoven seat in natural paper cord.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, White Oil, Leather
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’, designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Børge Mogensen Soborg Armchair, Steel Frame, Seat Upholstered
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
In 1952 Mogensen built onto the Søborg series with a steel-framed version, a design that he viewed as a reflection on international modernism. The generous back and seat with optiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Laquered Oak and Leather
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Smoked Oak, Leather
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Børge Mogensen Soborg Chair – Steel Frame
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
In 1952 Mogensen built onto the Søborg series with a steel-framed version, a design that he viewed as a reflection on international modernism. The generous back and seat with optiona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Space Copenhagen Spine Chair – Wood Base
By Fredericia, Space Copenhagen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Space Copenhagen spine chair – wood base is a light lounge chair for residential homes or open lounge areas. The accented detailing on the front upholstere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Oiled Oak and Fabric
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Smoked Oak, Fabric
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Inquire for leather ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Lacquered Oak, Fabric
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Soaped Oak and Leather
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Oiled Oak and Fabric
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen Hunting Chair in Natural Leather and Oak
By Fredericia
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The "Hunting Chair" is one of Børge Mogensen’s more unusual chairs which he designed in 1950 for the autumn exhibition of the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild, whose theme that year w...
Category
2010s Danish Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of 6 Plan Chairs, Black Ash /Black Steel, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
By Fredericia, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Located in Dubai, AE
With its surprisingly minimal footprint and generous comfort, the Plan Chair is ideal for modern spaces that invite a variety of uses, from extensive hospitality and office applicati...
Category
2010s Polish Scandinavian Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Steel
Set of 4 Plan Chairs, Oak/Black Steel, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, Fredericia
By Fredericia, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Located in Dubai, AE
With its surprisingly minimal footprint and generous comfort, the Plan Chair is ideal for modern spaces that invite a variety of uses, from extensive hospitality and office applicati...
Category
2010s Polish Scandinavian Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Steel
Thau + Kallio Yksi Chair – Seat Upholstered
By Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Thau + Kallio Yksi chair – Seat upholstered is available with a comfortable seat upholstery and two chairs can be stacked for compact storage making it a p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Mikado Dining Chairs Design Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen by Fredericia
By Fredericia, Peter Hiort-Lorenzen, Johannes Foersom
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Dining chairs in beech designed Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen and produced Fredericia Stolefabrik.
This set of four Mikado dining chairs in solid beech comes with the removable original vegetal soft pad leather cushions, with the other side in flax which can be used as well.
Usually there was armrests on the chair but the first owner has removed them. You can see on the edge the details of it. The cushion shows an aged patina. The chairs were produced by Fredericia. The first edition was launched in 1996 by Fredericia. Later versions of this chair were produced with Multiplex wood seating by FDB Mobler. The Mikado chair is part of the design collection of the Design Museum Danmark. The chairs are based on a construction principle that uses the seat as the element that joins everything together. Each has eight spindles for a comfortable seating. Mikado has the 18th century English Windsor chairs...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Beech
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Soaped Oak, Fabric
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair - White Oil - Fabric
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’ – Designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Inquire for leather ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen 3236 Dining Chair, Lacquered Oak, Leather
By Fredericia, Børge Mogensen
Located in Berkeley, CA
Børge Mogensen’s evolution of ‘The People’s Chair’, designed in 1956 and dimensioned as a generously proportioned and sophisticated upholstered dining chair.
Inquire for leather o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Soaped Oak and Fabric
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Lacquered Oak and Fabric
By Hans J. Wegner, Fredericia
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Hans Wegner 1788 Easy Chair, Oiled Oak and Leather
By Fredericia, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hans Wegner designed the sophisticated 1788 armchair in 1963. The lightweight wooden design with interchangeable cushions is ideal for both exclusive public spaces and private homes....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Oak
Borge Mogensen Spanish Chair in Black Leather
By Fredericia
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In 1958, Børge Mogensen and his family travelled to Spain. In Andalucia he fell in love with an old chair with a wide seat and broad armrests. Once back in Denmark, he created The Spanish Chair.
The chair he fell in love with is a traditional type of chair and is very common in areas influenced by ancient Islamic culture – from Spain to northern India. Børge Mogensen modernised the design by removing the elaborate carvings, and thus he created his own version with his customary geometrical precision. Yet he retained the most important feature: the broad armrests that give the chair its distinctive character. The broad armrests also serve as a practical place to place a cup or a glass.
By designing The Spanish chair Mogensen...
Category
2010s Danish Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of 4 Plan Chairs, Black Ash /Black Steel, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
By Fredericia, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Located in Dubai, AE
With its surprisingly minimal footprint and generous comfort, the Plan Chair is ideal for modern spaces that invite a variety of uses, from extensive hospitality and office applicati...
Category
2010s Polish Scandinavian Modern Fredericia Chairs
Materials
Steel
Fredericia chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Fredericia chairs are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Fredericia chairs, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 18 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 75 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original chairs by Fredericia were created in the mid-century modern style in scandinavia during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider chairs by Børge Mogensen, Joe Colombo, and Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel. Prices for Fredericia chairs can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $700 and can go as high as $44,200, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,680.