In 1872, the cabinetmaker, Fritz Hansen moved from his birth place, Nakskov to Copenhagen where he obtained the trade license and initiated a furniture manufacturing company. The workshop located in Christianshavn was specialized in making turned wood pieces for decorative use as well as legs for chairs. For his own office however, Fritz Hansen chose a chair that was simple and solid. The chair was made in his workshop and is a wooden construction with a seat upholstered in leather. It is the first and only example from the time period of a construction with laminated veneer. This chair was his office chair for the rest of his life, and later on also, his son, Christian E. Hansen, used it throughout his time as head of the company. For 75 years, this chair was the office chair of the Hansen family. 

In 1918 the Danish Parliament moved into the new location on Christiansborg Castle. The building was not finalized until 1928, but in 1918 the location of the Danish Parliament was ready for the politicians to move in. They are still today seated in Christiansborg in the Danish Parliament Chair produced by Fritz Hansen and designed by Thorvald Jørgensen, who also was the architect of the castle.

The Klismos Chair was designed for the Courthouse in Frederiksberg by Kai Gottlob. The chair is made out of ash wood and originally the chair came with a leather seat cushion.

The DAN chairs are characterized by the use of steam bent wood and were inspired by the Thonet chairs that were produced using the same process. At that time, the brothers Søren and Fritz Hansen were the third generation of the Hansen family to step into the company that their grandfather had built. Fritz was in charge in the production while Søren saw to the development of new furniture. Søren designed several pieces throughout the two brothers' time in the company and one of them is this DAN chair.

The Church Chair was originally designed by Kaare Klint for the Bethlehem Church in Copenhagen but today it is mostly known from its appearance in the Grundtvig Church. The Church Chair is one of the chairs that were produced for the longest period of time in the Fritz Hansen history as it was in production from 1936 up until 2004. Throughout time several variations of the chair has been made with room for the hymnbook and a hat and in both beech and oak wood.

The Second World War had a massive impact on the furniture production. Especially since the import of wood was minimal and some types of wood were impossible to get hold of. The walnut trees could not survive the tough winters during the war years forcing the tree cutters to take the trees down. In 1943 Fritz Hansen launched a series of chairs designed by Ole Wanscher and made out of the one wood type there was plenty of - walnut.

For the famous restaurant in Copenhagen Coq d'Or, Palle Suensson designed a high back Windsor chair that was later on produced by Fritz Hansen. This version has a lower back than the original but the design is similar. This particular version in teak and beech was only produced in very limited numbers.

The lounge chair with the very distinct aesthetics was originally part of a small series consisting also of a sofa and a sofa table. The chair was in production until the middle of the1950's and was originally made out of beech and mahogany wood. 

The Children's table was designed for kindergartens and is a 6 seater with an integrated table in the middle. The materials are characteristic for the Fritz Hansen production: solid and steam bent beech wood.

This chair was the first product of the collaboration between Fritz Hansen and Poul Kjærholm but it never went into production at first. In the 1990's however, a limited number of 600 pieces were produced marking the 125 years anniversary of Fritz Hansen. 

Originally created for the canteen at the Danish company Novo Nordisk, the Ant™ was presented on the day of Fritz Hansen's 80 years anniversary and the press and critics fell instantly in love with the visionary design. Fritz Hansen on the other hand was at first more skeptical about putting the chair into production: The minimalist design of the three-legged chair made it too difficult to sit in as it tilted easily. But Arne Jacobsen believed so firmly in his design that he promised to buy every single chair that was not sold. This convinced the company to put the chair into production and it has been so ever since. The chair made out of laminated wood with a metal base proved to be an important milestone for as well Fritz Hansen as Arne Jacobsen.

The shape of the seat has given this three-legged chair its name. Wegner designed the chair together with a round table that also had three legs and a diameter of 120 cm. In that setup, 6 chairs surrounding the table would create a beautiful setting resembling the shape of a flower.

Poul Kjærholm designed this stacking chair for the canteen at F. L. Smidth and the construction is rather complicated. The wooden seat is made out of two laminated wooden pieces mirroring each other and held together with two small bands in the back. The steel base is also a complicated construction and the chair is an example of the skills of the young furniture architect Poul Kjærholm. It is also an example of a chair that never went into production because it was simply too costly for the purpose.

This chair and table were designed for the students at the Munkegaard School by Arne Jacobsen, who created the whole school as a Gesamtkunstwerk designing both exterior and interior. The stacking chair is produced in the same materials and using the same production method as the Ant and was developed the same year as the Series 7 chair. The school is famous for being one of Arne Jacobsen's visionary projects as the buildings containing the classrooms create a grid where green gardens fill up the space between the grid lines. This was a whole new way of thinking a floor plan for a school, taking the physical well being of children into consideration.

Arne Jacobsen designed this serving trolley for his own private dining room as a contrast to his circular dining table. It has never been in production which is the case for several serving trolleys that Arne Jacobsen has designed throughout time for the different houses, he designed.

The Bachelor chair could be taken apart and packed flat, so that it was easy to move and transport. Cushions could be added for extra comfort. It was available in two versions: with and without armrests and Verner Panton designed a matching footstool that could also work as a table - all making the chair very popular with the young people when it was launched in 1956.

The Pot was designed as part of the interior of the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, one of Arne Jacobsen's biggest and most famous projects. The hotel was designed as a Gesamtkunstwerk meaning that the designer created the hotel as one piece taking everything into consideration from exterior to interior. Together with the Pot, the Swan and the Egg were installed as decorative yet functional elements complimenting the minimalistic and square design of the building with their organic and rounded shapes. But the Pot never received the same applause and acknowledgement from the public as the Egg and Swan that were instantly received as the beloved and iconic pieces they still are today.

The elegant and detailed lounge chair was center of attention on the fair where it was introduced in 1959. Børge Mogensen was a hard critic, but he acknowledges that the chair is remarkable. Later on the chair went into production with Fritz Hansen with either leather or fabric upholstery - the armrests always made out of leather.

Together with the chairs for the dining room at St. Catherine's College in Oxford, Arne Jacobsen also designed a high back lounge chair for the relaxation areas and students rooms. It is extremely comfortable and the design resonates the aesthetics of Oxford chair.

 

This spectacular chair was designed by Henning Larsen for the KAR restaurant in Copenhagen and it was not designed to be comfortable.  Instead the chair should rather be a bit of the opposite. The thought was that if the chair was too comfortable, the customers would stay at their table longer after having dinner, preventing new customers from getting a table. 

The Wire Cone was very well received when the chair was first presented before Fritz Hansen take over the production. But the chair was not very comfortable and very complicated and expensive to produce. In 1988 Fritz Hansen was presented for a new production method enabling the production to reduce the costs of making the chair remarkably. From then on the chair was constructed with one piece that was shaped into a spiral and welded to the crossing metal pieces. A matching table was also available to go with the spectacular chair.