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“When I studied to be an architect, I was thrilled to discover that earlier architects
often designed the interiors down to furniture and sometimes even the cutlery.
Looking back on these great mid-century designs I realised that especially our Scan-
dinavian design heritage was still vibrant and highly meaningful to me. Functional
details, the careful use of materials and simple elegant aesthetics have become
a contemporary signature, known as Scandinavian Design. Being a young Norwegian
architect, this made perfect sense to me and is still where my heart is.
Driven by this passion I founded Fjordfiesta in 2001–with the ambition to
manage, develop and reconnect with our unique Scandinavian design heritage. One
of the design treasures I immediately sat my eyes on was the timeless ‘Scandia’
range of chairs, designed by the Norwegian designer Hans Brattrud in the 1950s. To
my great surprise it turned out that these chairs hadn’t been in production for
almost thirty years. Even more surprising was when I started digging, it turned out
that the designer himself was still alive and kicking! And that’s how the story started.
The Scandia chairs, which had been available only through vintage dealers since
the mid 1970s, were slightly trimmed by Hans Brattrud, put into production by
Fjordfiesta and carefully reintroduced in 2002.
But the story had only just begun. With strong ties to the aesthetics of Scan-
dinavian Design culture and 21st century values regarding ethical and environ-
mental issues, Fjordfiesta’s intention is to keep on creating furniture that will last for
generations to come. Working with designers from different eras reflects our belief
in Scandinavian design–both classic and contemporary. We will keep on intro-
ducing furniture from our finest designers, taking an active part in both preserving
and developing the Scandinavian design heritage. That’s where our heart is.”
Pål Lunder
Architect and CEO
Fjordfiesta
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