Over 50 years of forward thinking
In 1934, Jens Ellingsen Ekornes (pictured) founded a furniture company. Soon thereafter, the J. E. Ekornes Fjærfabrikk (Spring Factory) – which had just three employees and used machines made in Germany – found their first customers and began successfully selling springs for furniture and mattresses throughout Norway.


Quality and Care
The sense of care which lies in the hands of our employees is based on generations of knowledge about furniture and on a culture which, for five decades, has been carried by solid principles for the design and processing of materials.
Learn moreExperience Nordic comfort
Norwegian design is carried by the same sense of functionality and good materials as the broader Nordic design tradition, but along the fjords, our aesthetic sensibility is strongly influenced by the magnificence of nature. This provides more than just a touch of poetry and freedom. However, it still requires hard work to turn what nature provides into excellent products.

