--- title: "Âke Axelsson" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ke-axelsson" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Âke Axelsson ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T16:41:30+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Âke Axelsson Vaxholm, Sweden - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ke-axelsson) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ke-axelsson) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ke-axelsson/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ke-axelsson/contributions) - [Website](http://www.akeaxelsson.com) Address: ## Âke Axelsson Åke Axelsson Arkitektkontor AB Engarns Byväg 9 S-185 21 Vaxholm Sweden T: +46 (0)8 54 13 75 54 F: +46 (0)8 54 13 79 30 [www.akeaxelsson.com](http://www.akeaxelsson.com) Products by Âke Axelsson [![Rotor Meeting I-II](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Rotor-Meeting-I_001.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/rotor-meeting-i-ii) [Gärsnäs Rotor Meeting I-II](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/rotor-meeting-i-ii) [![Rotor](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Rotor_001.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/rotor) [Gärsnäs Rotor](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/rotor) [![M-table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Mbord_002.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/m-table) [Gärsnäs M-table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/m-table) [![Combi](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Combi_001.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/combi) [Gärsnäs Combi](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/combi) [![Ballerina](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Ballerina_006.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/ballerina) [Gärsnäs Ballerina](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/ballerina) [![Neptunus I](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Neptunus-I_006.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/neptunus-i) [Gärsnäs Neptunus I](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/neptunus-i) [![Ferdinand](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Ferdinand_006.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/ferdinand) [Gärsnäs Ferdinand](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/ferdinand) [![Neptunus II/III](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Neptunus_001.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/neptunus-ii-iii) [Gärsnäs Neptunus II/III](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/neptunus-ii-iii) [![Zen Conference chair IV](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Zen-Conf-stol-IV_002.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-iv) [Gärsnäs Zen Conference chair IV](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-iv) [![Zen Conference chair III](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Zen-Conf-stol-III_001.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-iii) [Gärsnäs Zen Conference chair III](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-iii) [![Zen Conference chair I](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Zen-conference_Stol-I_002.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-i) [Gärsnäs Zen Conference chair I](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-chair-i) [![Zen Conference HR IV](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Zen-Conf-HR-IV_003.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-hr-iv) [Gärsnäs Zen Conference HR IV](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gaersnaes/zen-conference-hr-iv) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ke-axelsson) Biography Åke Axelsson has a long experience in furnituremaking. He was born in 1932 on a small farm in Småland, the lake and forest district in the south Sweden, as one of eight children. At an early age it was clear that he had a talent for craft and was sent to summerclasses in cabinetmaking. In 1951 he graduated from Visby School of Woodwork, and went off as a journeyman to work in Munich. Back in Sweden he studied furniture and interior design at the University College of Arts and Crafts and Design(Konstfack) and soon sat up his own office. Interior design has been the primary profession of Åke Axelsson, but it is the designing of chairs that has been his great passion. And as main designer and co-owner of swedishfurniture company Gärsnäs, he is a strongly engaged in preserving industrial knowledge in the country. At the age of eighty however, he felt the need to take one step further: ”In the Sixties I dreamt of making and selling my furniture directly to thecustomers from my own workshop – but I was being too romantic and it didn´t work at that time. Today, with my own webshop and a team of young independent cabinetmakers, this dream is coming true.” Articles about Âke Axelsson [FEATURED A human/wood dialog 5/9/2019 After 126 years in business, Swedish furniture manufacturer Gärsnäs has proved itself to be a paramount example of high-quality design from the far north.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/gaernaes-wood-viva-hedda-sweden) [DESIGN Åke’s passion for chairs 3/2/2015 Many have sat on his chairs in libraries, museums and government buildings. Yet Åke Axelsson, joint owner of Gärsnäs, is only known to the cognoscente outside his native Sweden. Stylepark visited his studio.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/kes-passion-for-chairs) [FAIRS & EVENTS Flaunting a new feel for life 2/10/2015 Stockholm Design Week revealed that noise reduction can look good and smartphones are also changing our furniture. But just what is behind “New Nordic”?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/flaunting-a-new-feel-for-life)