Designer: Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007)


Current manufacturer: PP Møbler


Wegner's most important work designed in 1949 for Snedkerlauget's exhibition in collaboration with Johannes Hansen, and one of the most famous Danish furniture worldwide. The predecessor of Wegner's most famous design, the Y-chair, Den Runde Stol (The Round Chair), led to the first international report on Danish design in American Interiors Magazine. Wegner thus contributed to the great breakthrough of modern designs from Denmark. In 1950, the PP503 model was introduced with an upholstered seat.


Thanks to the first televised debate during the 1960 presidential election with John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon sitting in Wegner's chair, the chair got its new name: The Chair. The chair was well-liked among Americans as an exclusive design from Denmark with comfort and genuine quality. The historic event made the chair world famous.

To create the most undisturbed collection of the three pieces of wood, Wegner came up with the idea of ​​using wedge slots, which are put together like a jigsaw puzzle. In addition to enhancing the beauty of the wood, this type of collection provides great strength and thus durability to the wood.


In 1992, PP Møbler took over the production of Den Runde Stol. The chair retains its popularity today, as it contains Danish carpentry tradition and design philosophy with its simplicity and aesthetic value. As Wegner himself said, "It could have been made hundreds of years ago, there is nothing new in it." Only about 200-300 round chairs are produced per year. Originally produced in the typical Danish material, oak, you can now find varieties of ash, mahogany and cherry wood. Depending on rarity and originality, the chair can today cost up to DKK 30,000. The most sought-after models are the originals from Johannes Hansen's carpentry.