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Johannes Hansen (manufacturer)
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Johannes Hansen (1886–1961) was a Danish furniture maker and founder of the eponymous company (Johannes Hansen Møbelsnedkeri A/S) that manufactured furniture from the 1940s to the 1990s.[1][2] He was a founder and for a time the chairman of the Copenhagen Cabinet Maker's Guild.[1]
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His best-known products were designed by Hans Wegner, whom he met in 1940 and with whom he (and his company) was to collaborate for the next three decades.[2] By that time, Hansen was in his 50s, and had a store at Bredgade 65 in Copenhagen.[1] As the cabinetmaker, his side of the partnership with Wegner is less well known outside of Denmark.[3]
He died in 1961.[2][4] His youngest son, Poul Hansen, took over the company and continued to collaborate with Wegner.[2][4][5] The company eventually went bankrupt in the 1990s.[2]