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Scandinavian Midcentury Oregon Pine Coffee Table by Yngve Ekström

Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and subsequently flourished in the 1950s throughout the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.

Scandinavian designers are known especially for household goods including furniture, textiles, ceramics, lamps, and glass, but Scandinavian design has been extended to industrial design such as of consumer electronics, mobile phones, and cars.

Swedish design is considered minimalist, with an emphasis on functionality and simple clean lines. This has applied especially to furniture. Sweden is known for traditional crafts including glass and Sami handicrafts. Swedish design was pioneered by Anders Beckman [sv] (graphics),^[34] Bruno Mathsson (furniture),^[35] Märta Måås-Fjetterström^[35] and Astrid Sampe (textiles),^[35] and Sixten Sason (industrial).^[35]

Organisations that promote design in Sweden are Svensk Form [sv], the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design, founded in 1845; the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation [sv], known as SVID; the Swedish Arts Council; and the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (known as ArkDes) on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, beside the modern art museum

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