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Illums Bolighus
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'''Illums Bolighus''' is a chain of furniture and interior design stores headquartered in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. Theoriginal Illums Bolighus flagship store is located at [[Amagertorv]] 10 in central Copenhagen. The company was in 205 acquired by an investor group headed by CEO Henrik Ypkendanz and has since then opened a number of new store in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
==History==
===Kaj Dessau's BO, 1928-194===
Illums Bolighus was founded under the name BO in 1925 by Danish entrepreneur Kaj Dessau. With its arranged interiors which combined furniturem with textiles, appointments and artworks, it introduced a concept which had not previously been seen.<ref></ref>
===Illums Bolighus===
The store was renamed Illums Bolighus in 1941 when it was purchased by the owners of the nearby A.C. Illum department store. The present building was designed in 1961 by Kay Kørbing.>
Illums Bolighus was later owned first by [[Carlsberg Group]] and later by the private equity fund [[Axcel]]. Illums Bolighus was in 2005 sold to a group of five investors headed by CEO Henrik Ypkendanz.<ref></ref>
==Locations==
===Denmark===
The Illums Bolighus flagship store in Copenhagen is located at [[Amagertorv]] 10. In Copenhagen, Illums Bolighus has also opened outlets in [[Copenhagen Airport]] and [[Tivoli Gardens]]. It has also opened a store in [[Aarhus]].
===Norway===
Illums Bolighus opened its first store abroad in [[Oslo]] in 2005.<ref></ref> It was followed by a store over three floors on the main shopping street in [[Bergen]] in 2013.<ref></ref> A new flagship store opened in Oslo in 2017.<ref></ref>
===Sweden===
The first store in [[Sweden]] opened in [[Stockholm]] in October 2010.<ref></ref> In 2012, a [[Malmö]] store was opened in the new shopping centre Emporia.<ref></ref> A second store in Stockholm, now in the [[Mall of Scandinavia]], opened in 2015.<ref></ref>
===Germany===
On 1 November 2016, Illums Bolighus opened a 1,500 square metre store in [[Hamburg]].<ref></ref>
==Further reading==
* Osvald, Lise: ''The story of Kaj Dessau's BO, 1928-194'' i Scandinavian Journal of Design History, vol. 3, 1993.
==References==
==Rxternal links==
* [https://ift.tt/2eGKMAs Official website]
[[Category:Furniture companies of Denmark]]
[[Category:Shops in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish companies established in 1925]]
[[da:Illums Bolighus]]
==History==
===Kaj Dessau's BO, 1928-194===
Illums Bolighus was founded under the name BO in 1925 by Danish entrepreneur Kaj Dessau. With its arranged interiors which combined furniturem with textiles, appointments and artworks, it introduced a concept which had not previously been seen.<ref></ref>
===Illums Bolighus===
The store was renamed Illums Bolighus in 1941 when it was purchased by the owners of the nearby A.C. Illum department store. The present building was designed in 1961 by Kay Kørbing.>
Illums Bolighus was later owned first by [[Carlsberg Group]] and later by the private equity fund [[Axcel]]. Illums Bolighus was in 2005 sold to a group of five investors headed by CEO Henrik Ypkendanz.<ref></ref>
==Locations==
===Denmark===
The Illums Bolighus flagship store in Copenhagen is located at [[Amagertorv]] 10. In Copenhagen, Illums Bolighus has also opened outlets in [[Copenhagen Airport]] and [[Tivoli Gardens]]. It has also opened a store in [[Aarhus]].
===Norway===
Illums Bolighus opened its first store abroad in [[Oslo]] in 2005.<ref></ref> It was followed by a store over three floors on the main shopping street in [[Bergen]] in 2013.<ref></ref> A new flagship store opened in Oslo in 2017.<ref></ref>
===Sweden===
The first store in [[Sweden]] opened in [[Stockholm]] in October 2010.<ref></ref> In 2012, a [[Malmö]] store was opened in the new shopping centre Emporia.<ref></ref> A second store in Stockholm, now in the [[Mall of Scandinavia]], opened in 2015.<ref></ref>
===Germany===
On 1 November 2016, Illums Bolighus opened a 1,500 square metre store in [[Hamburg]].<ref></ref>
==Further reading==
* Osvald, Lise: ''The story of Kaj Dessau's BO, 1928-194'' i Scandinavian Journal of Design History, vol. 3, 1993.
==References==
==Rxternal links==
* [https://ift.tt/2eGKMAs Official website]
[[Category:Furniture companies of Denmark]]
[[Category:Shops in Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish companies established in 1925]]
[[da:Illums Bolighus]]
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