Editor Christer Mårdbrant (1948-2025), Stockholm.

Christer Mårdbrant's interest in art, design, and antiques was broad, passionate, and tireless. His home in Gamla stan in Stockholm was filled with objects that had been acquired over the years with glowing enthusiasm and great care. Many epochs and styles coexisted, where contemporary art, folk art, Rococo, Danish design from the mid-20th century, and postmodern design harmonised in a highly personal interior.

Mårdbrant was a long-time contributor to financial newspaper Dagens Industri. He began his journalism career as a reporter at FiB Aktuellt and then moved on to Veckans Affärer as a business journalist. From Veckans Affärer, he then went to Dagens Industri, where he worked for over twenty years, most of the time as the editorial manager. During parts of the 1990s, he was DI's correspondent in Brussels with a mandate to cover the EU in the lead-up to Sweden's accession. He was also the newspaper's correspondent in New York for a time.

Hans Jørgensen Wegner was a Danish architect and furniture designer, well-known both in Denmark and internationally. He designed over 500 different chairs, including the Wishbone Chair (the "Y chair"), which today is considered a design icon. The chair is a magnificent example of Wegner's design, with its wooden frame and laced seat. Other examples of iconic chairs designed by Wegner are The Smiling Chair and Sawbuck Chair. In his design, Wegner combined beauty and function. With a background as a cabinetmaker, he knew how to make ergonomic, high-quality furniture.

During his career, Wegner did several significant projects with other designers, such as Arne Jacobsen, Erik Møller, and Børge Mogensen. Wegner was also involved in the concepts Danish Modern and Scandinavian Modern after the Second World War. Wegner's design classics are found in many Scandinavian homes and are represented in the most prominent design museums worldwide.

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