Johannes Hansen (manufacturer)

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] 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.

[2][4] His youngest son, Poul Hansen, took over the company and continued to collaborate with Wegner.