Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen was a Danish architect and furniture designer. After training at the Aalborg Technical School (1924) and at the Art and Crafts School of the Design Museum in Copenhagen (1928), Mølgaard-Nielsen studied furniture design under Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1931-1934). His work, which from 1944 was carried out mainly in partnership with Peter Hvidt

Peter Hvidt

Peter Hvidt was a Danish architect and furniture designer, co-founder of Hvidt & Mølgaard.-Biography:Hvidt was born in Copenhagen in 1916, the son of L. N. Hvidt, president of the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court. After completing his training at the Design School in Copenhagen, he worked at...

 at the Hvidt & Mølgaard studio, can be divided into three groups: furniture and interior decoration, buildings, and consultency on large bridge projects.

Hvidt & Mølgaards pioneering sets of furniture included Portex (1945) and Ax (1950), based on a laminating technique and produced by furniture maker Fritz Hansen

Fritz Hansen

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. The chairs were specially designed for export, economizing on space and packaging requirements for transportation. Hvidt & Mølgaard increasingly took on architectural assignments (from 1970 together with Hans Kristensen). Projects covered office buildings and factories, including the De Danske Sukkerfabrikker Building in Copenhagen (1958), as well as collective housing projects in Søllerød

Søllerød

Until January 1, 2007, Søllerød was a municipality in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 39.77 km², and had a total population of 31,920...

, Hillerød

Hillerød

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 and Birkerød

Birkerød

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 (1962-1970), all completed in a light, clear and simple style. The firm also acted as consultents on the new Little Belt Bridge (1970)

Little Belt Bridge (1970)

The New Little Belt Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland and the island of Funen in Denmark. The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44...

 and the Vejle Fjord Bridge (1980), playing an important part in the success of their designs.