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Arne Jacobsen 🇩🇰

Arne Emil Jacobsen (Known as "Jacobsen")
Architect, Master Industrial Designer, Creator of the Egg and Swan Chairs
Born 1902-02-11 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
Passed Away 1971-03-24 Copenhagen, Denmark
Lifespan 69 years old
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"If a building or chair does not serve human proportion with quiet grace, it is merely sterile geometry."

Archival Overview

World-renowned titan of Scandinavian modernist architecture and functionalist design whose architectural landmarks (Aarhus City Hall, SAS Royal Hotel) and iconic chairs (The Egg, The Swan, Series 7) shaped 20th-century aesthetics.

Biographical Record

Arne Emil Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen on February 11, 1902. Graduating from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1927, Jacobsen synthesized Le Corbusier's functionalism with organic Nordic elegance, winning international acclaim for Bellevue Beach and Aarhus City Hall.

In 1960, he completed Copenhagen's SAS Royal Hotel—the world's first designer hotel—personally designing the building, lighting, textiles, cutlery, and the sculpted curvilinear Egg and Swan armchairs. His minimalist Series 7 and Ant chairs sold tens of millions of units worldwide, making Danish modern design globally famous.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Ordrup Cemetery
Ordrup, Gentofte, Denmark
GPS: 55.7600, 12.5690
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