The furniture architect Finn Juhl designed and furnished his house at Kratvænget 15 in Ordrup at the age of just 30. The house, which was completed in 1942, is today considered one of the most successful functionalist single-family houses in Denmark.

There are very few houses from the hand of Finn Juhl, because although he was actually trained as an architect, it was mainly as a furniture architect that he achieved fame.

Finn Juhl’s sculptural furniture is richly represented throughout the home. Here you will find, for example, the Chief’s Chair, the Poet and the Judas Table, to name just a few. But the furniture does not stand alone. Art occupies an equally central place.

Works by leading Danish artists of the time such as Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Asger Jorn, Erik Thommesen and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba were carefully selected by Finn Juhl. In accordance with his dream, the house thereby appears as a modernist “gesamtkunstwerk”, which unites architecture, design and art in one whole.

Thanks to a unique private donation from Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen, Finn Juhl’s house is today a permanent part of Ordrupgaard.

Finn Juhl’s House
Saturday- Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm
Bank Holidays: 11 am – 5 pm

Tickets
One-day ticket Adult: DKK 140
Student/Young under the age of 26: DKK 95
Children under the age of 18: Free