Carl Malmsten

Malmsten’s career started in 1915, when the results of a furniture competition for the massive new building project, the Stockholm City Hall, were announced. The surprised jury realised that they had awarded both first and second prize to a hitherto unknown designer. This was to change very soon. The interior of the Council Chamber and other meeting rooms in the City Call became a great break-through for Carl Malmsten, and the furniture is still used by the City Council. Oddly enough, the beautiful writing chair with which he won the competition, never found a place in the building. Shortly after in 1917, he already exhibited alongside well-known Swedish architects such as Gunnar Asplund and Uno Åhrén.