Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen

Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907-1993) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. After training at the Aalborg Technical School (1924) and at the Art and Crafts School of the Design Museum in Copenhagen (1928), Mølgaard-Nielsen studied furniture design under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1931-1934). His work, which from 1944 was carried out mainly in partnership with Peter Hvidt at the Hvidt & Mølgaard studio, can be divided into three groups: furniture and interior decoration, buildings, and consultency on large bridge projects.^[1]

Hvidt & Mølgaard's pioneering sets of furniture included Portex (1945) and Ax (1950), based on a laminating technique and produced by furniture maker Fritz Hansen. The chairs were specially designed for export, economizing on space and packaging requirements for transportation.^[2] Hvidt & Mølgaard increasingly took on architectural assignments (from 1970 together with Hans Kristensen). Projects covered office buildings and factories, including the De Danske Sukkerfabrikker Building in Copenhagen (1958), as well as collective housing projects in Søllerød, Hillerød and Birkerød (1962-1970), all completed in a light, clear and simple style.^[3] The firm also acted as consultents on the new Little Belt Bridge (1970) and the Vejle Fjord Bridge (1980), playing an important part in the success of their designs.^[2]

See also

• Danish modern
• Danish design

References

1. ^ Finn Monies, "Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. (Danish) Retrieved 12 November 201
2. ^ ^{a b} "Peter Hvidt", Den Store Danske. (Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2011.
3. ^ Erik Ejlers, "Peter Hvidt", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. (Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2011.

Persondata
Name	Mølgaard-Nielsen, Orla
Alternative names
Short description	Architect and furniture designer
Date of birth	2 September 1907
Place of birth	Aalborg, Denmark
Date of death	21 October 1993
Place of death	Hellerup, Denmark