About Nordisk Solar:

The company was founded in Denmark in 1919 by Jacob L. Jørgensen and Herluf Sørensen. Nordisk Solar Compagni was based in several industries before it concentrated on lighting fixture production. Starting out as an import and wholesale company of electricity meters; later in radio production. In the 1950s, sales of radio sets fell. From then on, Nordisk Solar Compagni—or simply “Solar”(as seen in adverts and catalogues)—focused entirely on manufacturing high-quality lighting. Though many designs date from the 1950s or even earlier, it was in the 1960s that most lamps were produced, advertised, and sold, first in Denmark and then in the Nordic countries and Germany.

Nordisk Solar used its expertise in using plastic for the production of radio sets, to create many colourful plastic lighting fixtures in the late-1950s and 1960s. The company also commissioned notable Danish architects and designers including Sigvard Bernadotte, Acton Bjørn, Max Brüel, Vagn Dyring, Anton Fogh Holm, Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius, Eva and Nils Koppel, Svend Middelboe, and Jørn Utzon—who later designed the Sydney Opera House—to create lighting fixtures for Solar. The manufacturer’s most iconic lamps include Sven Middleboe’s Verona Pendant Lamp (1960s); and many others. The production of lamps ended in 1990.