Ejner Larsen (1917–1987) was a Danish furniture designer who worked closely together with Aksel Bender Madsen.
Son of cabinetmaker Otto Larsen, he was born in Copenhagen on 30 March 1917.
[1] While studying under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, he met Aksel Bender Madsen who became his partner.
Their most notable work is the Metropolitan Chair, in bent plywood, which was exhibited in 1949 and manufactured by Fritz Hansen from 1952.
All their works have a clear, timeless, simple style which continues to please today.