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    Jens Risom

    Danish-American furniture designer (1916 - 2016)

    Jens Risom (JENSSREE-səm; 8 May 1916 – 9 December 2016) was a Danish Americanfurniture designer.

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    • An exemplar of Mid-Century modern design, Risom was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design in the United States.[1]

    Biography

    Risom was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 8 May 1916.[2] His father was a prominent architect, Sven Risom, a member of the school of Nordic Classicism.

    Risom was trained as a designer at the Copenhagen School of Industrial Arts and Design (Kunsthåndværkerskolen), where he studied under Ole Wanscher and Kaare Klint. He was classmates with Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen.[3]

    Risom spent two years at Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College, before beginning work as a furniture developer and interior designer with the architectural firm of Ernst Kuhn.

    He later relocated to Stockholm, taking a job with a small architectural firm. From there he jo