privately held industry furniture founded 1872 founder fritz hansen headquarters aller dvej 8 3450 aller d denmark number of locations worldwide showrooms area served worldwide products luxury furniture website www.fritzhansen.com fritz hansen also known as republic of fritz hansen is a danish furniture design company . designers who have worked for fritz hansen include arne jacobsen 1902 1971 poul kj rholm 1929 1980 hans j. wegner 1914 2007 and piet hein 1905 1996 . fritz hansen also collaborates with contemporary furniture architects including hiromichi konno cecilie manz and kasper salto . 1 contents 1 history 2 design icons 3 designers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit fritz hansen was founded in 1872 when fritz hansen a danish carpenter founded his own furniture company and in 1915 introduced his first chair in steam bent wood . in 1934 fritz hansen began his collaboration with arne jacobsen resulting in some of the famous classic icons of danish design including the ant 1952 the series 7 1955 the grand prix 1957 the swan 1958 and the egg 1958 . 2 other famous collaborations have resulted in piet hein s super elliptical table from 1968 and in 1982 fritz hansen acquired the rights to a major part of poul kj rholm s furniture collection . 3 since the 1980s continuing into the new millennium fritz hansen has added new designs to the collection including the essay table by cecilie manz t no1 by todd bracher rin chair by hiromichi konno plano tables by pelikan design and the ice series by kasper salto . 4 design icons edit egg chair by arne jacobsen swan chair by arne jacobsen designers edit fritz hansen manufactures the works of designers such as arne jacobsen poul kj rholm cecilie manz hiromichi konno piero lissoni morten voss bruno mathsson todd bracher hans j. wegner hans s. jakobsen kasper salto pelikan design jehs laub and piet hein . see also edit danish modern references edit http www.danishwayofliving.com fritz hansen fritz1.html http www.independent.co.uk news world europe arne jacobsen the man who invented a golden egg 454283.html http www.danishwayofliving.com fritz hansen fritz1.html https www.dexigner.com news 15302 external links edit http www.fritzhansen.com http danishinteriordesign.tumblr.com fritz hansen authority control worldcat identities viaf 266328979 gnd 16318844 0 ulan 500258721 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fritz hansen & oldid 744218069 categories design companies of denmarkfurniture companies of denmarkcompanies based in aller d municipalitydanish moderndesign companies established in 18721872 establishments in denmarkhidden categories wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifierswikipedia articles with ulan identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschlietuvi polskisuomi edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 21 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view