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Bertil Fridhagen

(Sweden, 1905-1993)
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Bertil Fridhagen, a rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.
Estimate
30 000 - 35 000 SEK
2 820 - 3 290 EUR
3 220 - 3 760 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
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Bertil Fridhagen
(Sweden, 1905-1993)

A rare "Limento" easy chair model "5-168", Svenska Möbelfabrikerna, Bodafors, Sweden, 1961.

Laminated oak, upholstered with cognacs-brown leather, manufacturer's mark Bodafors DESIGN B. FRIDHAGEN MADE IN SWEDEN 1961. Height 80 cm

Provenance

Bertil Fridhagen's private collection, Bodafors.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Sigrid Eklund Nyström, "Bertil Fridhagen och Svenska Möbelfabrikerna i Bodafors", Carlsson 2022, the present armchair illustrated in the Fridhagen family's home in Bodafors p. 63. See also the model illustrated on the cover as well as pp. 123-129.

More information

The model won first prize in the international furniture competition in Cantù, Italy, in 1959.