Hans J. Wegner
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1914 |
Born in Tønder, Denmark |
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1931 |
Trained as a cabinetmaker |
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1938 |
Studies at the Industrial Arts and Crafts College, Copenhagen |
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1939 |
Designs furniture for the library in Nyborg, Denmark |
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1941 |
Designs furniture for the Town Hall in Aarhus, Denmark |
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1943 |
Opens own Design Studio in Aarhus, Denmark |
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1946 |
Teaches at The Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts |
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1946 |
Opens own Design Studio in Gentofte, Denmark |
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1946 |
Employed at Palle Suneson's Design Studio in Copenhagen |
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1951 |
Receives the Lunning Prize |
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1976 |
First Prize in Louis Poulsen's Competition "Street light"
with Marianne Wegner |
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1997 |
Honourable member of the Royal Danish Acadamy of
Fine arts, Copenhagen |
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1997 |
Receives the 8th International Design Award, Osaka, Japan |
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1997 |
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Royal College of Art, London |
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2007 |
Died in Copenhagen |
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GETAMA har produced furniture designed by H.J. Wegner since the early fifties.
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