Manufacturer · Sweden · Stockholm · 1902–1990 (retail)
Nordiska Kompaniet
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) – Swedish department store founded in Stockholm in 1902, with a building on Hamngatan (1915) and furniture workshops in Nyköping.
About the manufacturer
- Years active
- 1902–1990 (retail)
- Country
- Sweden
- Location
- Stockholm
- Designers
- Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist
AB Nordiska Kompaniet was established in Stockholm in 1902 through the merger of K.M. Lundberg and Joseph Leja; Josef Sachs and Karl M. Lundberg are considered its founders. In 1915, a large department store was opened on Hamngatan, designed by the architect Ferdinand Boberg. NK operated branches in Saint Petersburg (1908–1917), Moscow (1913–1917) and Buenos Aires (1920–1934), as well as in Sweden, including Farsta (1960), Malmö (1963) and Täby (1974). The company conducted retail operations from 1902 to 1990; since 1991, it has been a property company leasing space to shops under the NK brand.
The department store had its own furniture workshops, Nordiska Kompaniets verkstäder, which Nationalmuseum locates in Nyköping. The museum’s collections include designs made there by, among others, Axel Larsson (1898–1975), Carl Hörvik (1882–1954), Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist and Harry Bertoia. Yngvar Sandström also worked at NK Verkstäder, including on the NK Triva collection. According to IKEA Museum, the Danish designer Erik Wørts also worked at NK in 1944, later becoming an associate of IKEA. The NK brand and properties are now owned by Hufvudstaden. At MIDMOD, furniture and objects bearing the NK mark appear as single pieces from the secondary market.
