The Gunnar Falsig Møbelfabrik
Jens Theodor’s two sons started the Brødrene Falsig Møbelfabrik in 1953, and they quickly found a footing in the market with crafted cupboards and escritoires in teak and rosewood. Desks became part of the Falsig offering soon after, and the furniture from this period is always a popular item with people looking for Danish midcentury modern furniture – in Denmark and globally.
The brothers parted ways, and Gunnar Falsig kept the business. For a while in the 1970s he made stereo racks in very large volumes, which meant he had to expand his operation significantly. When stereo racks had eventually peaked, he changed the production to the Falsig Flex-bookcase system, which became wildly popular.
In the 1980s Gunnar Falsig fanned out and started exporting even more – especially in Asia, and a special set of the FORMIO children’s furniture was even made for the emperor of Japan’s daughter. Gunnar’s son Mogens also joined the business in these years.
New furniture was being designed, new markets were being conquered, and a joint venture with Chinese Qumei started in 2000.
Setback and rebirth
This is also around the time where numerous dining chairs and tables saw the light of day, and the Gunnar Falsig Møbelfabrik sold vast amounts of dining room sets in Scandinavia for a few years.
Things were going great – up until they weren’t. In the early 2000s things were starting to look a bit dire, and a lot of large investments weren’t delivering what they should have. In 2002 Gunnar Falsig Møbelfabrik A/S shut its doors for good while the joint venture in China lived on.
From 2002-2012 Gunnar’s son Mogens carried on with importing furniture from the Chinese joint venture, and Rasmus Falsig, 6th generation, joined what was left of the business, till they closed it down in 2012. For more than a decade the legacy of Gunnar Falsig lived on only in furniture auctions - and Rasmus’ head.
In 2024 Rasmus relaunched the Falsig name in the furniture industry. Danish Legacy is an homage to heritage – his own and the one passed down to all of us from the great minds of the Danish design traditions.
“My grandfather was a visionary, and reviving his ideas under Danish Legacy is my way of showing love and respect to a man who meant a lot. To me and to Danish design traditions.”
