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# Yngve Ekström
 Sweden

- [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/yngve-ekstroem)
- [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/yngve-ekstroem)
- [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/yngve-ekstroem/manufacturer)
- [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/yngve-ekstroem/contributions)

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## Yngve Ekström

Sweden

Products by Yngve Ekström

[![Fakta](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/d/delightfull/produkte/a/acerbis/produkte/d/delightfull/produkte/s/swedese/produkte/fakta/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/fakta-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/fakta)

[Swedese Fakta](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/fakta)

[![Desirée outdoor coffee table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/desiree-outdoor-coffee-table/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/desiree-outdoor-coffee-table-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-coffee-table)

[Swedese Desirée outdoor coffee table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-coffee-table)

[![Desirée outdoor table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/desiree-outdoor-table/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/desiree-outdoor-table-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-table)

[Swedese Desirée outdoor table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-table)

[![Desirée outdoor chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/desiree-outdoor-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/desiree-outdoor-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-chair)

[Swedese Desirée outdoor chair](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/desiree-outdoor-chair)

[![Lamino leather](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/lamino-leather/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/lamino-leather-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-leather)

[Swedese Lamino leather](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-leather)

[![Lamino Foot stool](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/lamino-foot-stool/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/lamino-foot-stool-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-foot-stool)

[Swedese Lamino Foot stool](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-foot-stool)

[![Lamino Easy chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/s/swedese/produkte/lamino-easy-chair/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/lamino-easy-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-easy-chair)

[Swedese Lamino Easy chair](https://www.stylepark.com/en/swedese/lamino-easy-chair)

[All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/yngve-ekstroem)

Biography

Yngve Ekström (1913-1988) was born in Hagafors in Småland, Sweden, which happened to be where the country's oldest furniture industry was placed. He studied drawing, sculpture, painting, music and art history. With furniture virtually from his mother's milk, he started Swedese in 1945 and was leading the company right up until his death. His career coincided in time with the best part of the postwar modern movement and together with names including Alvar Aalto, Bruno Mathsson, Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjaerholm he was at the core of a generation designers who made the concept "Scandinavian Modern" famous all over the world. The most well-known design of Yngve Ekström's extensive portfolio is the Lamino armchair from 1956, which is still manufactured and sold all over the world. In 1999 the Lamino was voted the "Twentieth Century's Best Swedish Furniture Design" by the Swedish interior magazine Sköna Hem. Ekström's furniture have been exhibited in Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Munich and Belgrade, to name a few places, and are represented in many modern permanent collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Articles about Yngve Ekström

[DESIGN In the comfort zone 2/16/2016 At this year’s Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair the Scandinavians show how much we long for homeliness.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/in-the-comfort-zone)

[DESIGN Pretty hot-wired 7/7/2015 They were all the rage in the 1950s, now they are back again: metal-wire structures, both stable and delicate in appearance. We have picked out several large and small tables for you.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/pretty-hot-wired)