BØRGE MOGENSEN

  

Børge Mogensen is almost universally acclaimed as one of the most important among a generation of furniture designers who made the concept of Danish Modern known throughout the world. Together with colleagues such as Arne Jacobsen and Helge Sibbast, Mogensen created international respect for Danish furniture design, his simple and functional designs have for more than half a century enjoyed worldwide demand.

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Børge Mogensen was born in Aalborg, Denmark. He started as a cabinetmaker in 1934, and studied furniture design at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen from 1936 to 1938, and then trained as an architect (from 1938 to 1942) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts  School of Architecture graduating in 1942.