The workspace then and now

At Svenskt Tenn, we want to inspire our followers and visitors to create exciting and personal interiors. The workspace is one of our main environments, and our standing inspiration for these furnishings can be found upstairs in the store at Strandvägen 5 in Stockholm.

Here, the company’s founder Estrid Ericson's old office has been preserved behind glass. Paper, binders, books, inspirational objects and personal details. Everything remains just as she left it at the time of her passing in 1981.

Estrid Ericson’s office isn’t an ordinary workspace but rather an artist's studio. An inspiring place where she planned exhibitions, interiors and upcoming launches together with the architect and designer Josef Frank. She worked at a desk with a linoleum board, a durable surface that could stand all types of creative work.

Today, contemporary echoes of the workspace are regularly created downstairs in the store, with Josef Frank's timeless desks, chairs and interior accessories.

Estrid Ericson worked surrounded by personal, cherished belongings such as shells, sculptures, Asian porcelain, beads, jewellery, stacks of newspaper clippings and graphic sheets. Her collections inspired her both privately and at work.

At 83 years of age, Estrid Ericson wrote in a letter: “I am like the old woman who didn’t want to die until she had cleaned the attic. I don't want to give up until all the unregistered stuff I've collected in my room for over 50 years have transformed into something sellable.”