Swedish glass with more than a century of craft

Orrefors has been part of the Swedish design tradition since 1898. The glassworks grew out of the forests of Småland in southern Sweden, where wood fuelled the furnaces and turned sand, lime and soda into glass. When the artists Simon Gate and Edward Hald joined in the late 1910s, Orrefors began pairing skilled glassblowers and engravers with leading designers. The approach won international acclaim, from the 1925 World’s Fair in Paris to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and helped shape the style known as Swedish Grace.

Today Orrefors works with designers such as Erika Lagerbielke, Ingegerd Råman and Lena Bergström, and creates glassware for private homes as well as for restaurants and businesses with high standards. The focus is on the glass and the shape: timeless, functional and made to last, combining elegance with simplicity.