Fogia – from Paris to Finnboda Shipyard.

Fogia was founded in the early 1980s. The reason was something the founders had seen in Paris: a beautiful glass table with an acrylic base. It turned out that it was not only difficult to get hold of but extremely expensive. They had their own version made instead, in the process developing a clever method of connecting the acrylic pieces. They applied for and received a patent for the connecting method, and suddenly found that they were furniture manufacturers. After a few successful years, they becan to make furniture in other materials, and changed their name from Combiplex to Fogia. Today, Fogia operates two furniture factories– one for wooden and one for upholstered furniture.

Left: This is how it began. A table from the Combiplex collection,
which lay the foundation to today's Fogia.

Above: The machine hall at Finnboda Shipyard during the 1930s. During autumn 1999, this listed building becaume a bright and spacious design forum.

At Fogia studio, the company develops its own designs. This is the heart of the business, where Fogia works with its top class designers; Anika Reuterswärd, Håkan Urdell, Dan Ihreborn, Johan Huldt, Helena Allard, Anki Gneib and Jacob Sahlqvist to name a few. During the autumn of 1999, Fogia opened up a new head office and showroom at Finnboda Shipyard outside Stockholm. An old machine hall - and a listed architectural monument - with nearly 1,500 square metres of floor space was transformed into a bright, spacious design forum with twelve-meter high ceilings, hundreds of windows, a water view and a café. Fogia furniture is also sold through selected retailers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom.