Original leisure furniture from Scandinavia

the world is spinning ever faster. but WE ARE NOT. Slowly but surely, Skargaarden is growing. We’re now in more stores, in more and more countries, and our collection is steadily broadening and deepening. And in 2013 we are launching two new furniture ranges: Djurö and Grinda.   Furthermore, our popular cushions will be available in more designs and colours.   We are also very proud to present Tipi, our outdoor lighting range, in association with leading Swedish light designers Ateljé Lyktan. And while we’re on the subject of quality partner-suppliers, Reijmyre glassworks still make virtually...

kargaarden makes leisure furniture, and by that we mean furniture that is beautiful enough to have indoors, but resilient enough to withstand the great outdoors for much of the year. Our furniture defies being classified by where you put it; it’s what you use it for that counts. And what do you use it for? Well, put simply, nothing whatsoever. Our furniture is made for those moments when you are free from the demands and routines of everyday life. When you can be utterly purposeless and unproductive. Everything is produced with an uncompromising dedication and quality that is obvious wherever...

We work with the most exclusive commodity there is. Free time. We make leisure furniture, and by that we mean furniture made for a situation and a feeling rather than for a specific place. Of course lots of people use our furniture outdoors. But our furniture also probably ends up in conservatories, on verandas and even in dining rooms and drawing rooms. And that’s okay.   The important thing is that our furniture is there when you need to relax: either spending time with your family and friends, or just grabbing a moment to yourself.   You can define luxury in many ways, but this is ours. We...

Grinda Standing on the gravel in front of his enormous Art Nouveau villa, lawyer and financier Henrik Santesson smokes a cigarette, his eyes squinting in the soft June light. It is 1930, and he is on the island of Grinda in the Stockholm archipelago. A place where cows wander around as if nothing matters to them apart from the grass.   A thousand miles away, in Dessau, Marcel Breuer sits on one of the Bauhaus Schools’ rooftop terraces. He is dressed in a casual summer suit and bowtie. When he shuts his eyes he imagines metal that can be moulded into any sort of shape. When he opens his eyes he...

Gently bowed teak wood pierced by lacquered black steel. Exquisite parts, seamlessly assembled: high precision craftsmanship, designed for spending long evenings with a few old friends and a bottle of Burgundy. 12 SKARGAARDEN SKARGAARDEN 13

The ingenious design of the Grinda chair: Don’t get fooled by the minimalistic, almost ascetic, look. The springiness in the construction and the carefully bended teak makes it very comfortable. Carefully crafted for long breakfasts, thick books and really hard crosswords. 16 SKARGAARDEN SKARGAARDEN 17

Häringe Häringe Castle nestles by Landfjärden Bay. It had stood there for 272 years when Torsten Kreuger purchased it in 1929. Torsten was a man with little understanding of historically listed buildings and a keen interest for new fashions.   He quickly installed a fridge in the kitchen, a skittle alley in one of the wings and Sweden’s first outdoor swimming pool in the castle gardens.   Over time, the castle became a jet-set haunt where one could see both Josephine Baker and Greta Garbo. Decadent? Perhaps a bit. Fashionable? To some extent.   If you were to design a piece of furniture according...

Our Häringe range is sophisticated and refined in expression and entirely genuine in form. What you see is what you get: a steel frame, completely free from seams and joints, strips of wood, and cushions in fabric or leather. The series includes a dining chair, an armchair, a sofa, tables and a sunlounger. 26 SKARGAARDEN SKARGAARDEN 27

OXNÖ Oxnö lies on the island of Gålö in the Stockholm archipelago. Here, pines edge towards the waterline, held back by grey rocks with the quiet authority of millions of years of experience.   This is not a spectacular place, but uncomplicated and beautiful: precisely the sublime qualities that inspire our Oxnö range of dining chairs and tables.   Oxnö chairs are designed with and without armrests. Both have curved slats in the seat, which by its ingenious design seem to float just outside the frame. The details are innovative and intricate, but the overall impression is so simple that it almost...

Our Oxnö range is made for indoor and outdoor dining. The chairs have cleverly attached rounded seats, giving them a floating appearance. Oxnö furniture comes in teak and ash painted white or black. 36 SKARGAARDEN SKARGAARDEN 37

Falsterbo There is something grand in the name Falsterbo. It expands slowly, letter by letter. One need only print it to produce a logo that exudes bohemian nobility and natural privilege. Just say the word and imagine the shoreline embracing the sea, which turns to kiss the sky.   In this harmonious summer idyll, artist Joseph Frank drew five summer houses – the only ones he drew in Sweden. Here, southern Swedish nobility bathes in the nude. And, of course, there are also golf clubs and horse shows.   Our Falsterbo lounge series encapsulates all this with a very casual elegance, where strict...

Our Falsterbo range is luxurious and inviting. Deep sofas and armchairs with wooden frames and thick cushions (filled with down for indoor use and polyester for outdoor use) turn something as mundane as sitting down into a genuine experience. The series includes an armchair, two and three-seat sofas, a sunlounger and a table in three different sizes. 46 SKARGAARDEN SKARGAARDEN 47

Djurö Djurö is a secret place. It’s in the middle of Lake Vänern, isolated from the world by freshwater that stretches into the distance: you feel as though you are out at sea, or the last person on Earth.   Our Djurö furniture range is not quite so secret. But it does share some of the same qualities: the same sensation of other-worldliness.   Djurö has a link to the past, to the iconic Scandinavian teak furniture of the 50s. It also gives a very nonchalant nod to the future, in the durable acrylic fabric in the chair seat and backrest. Together, the past and future combine to create a strong...