Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling Pendant Lamp –Vintageinfo

Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling pendant lamp white acrylic lampshade yellow lid grid diffuser 1970s Design: Anders Pehrson

Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling pendant lamp inside view lampshade 2 E27 sockets 1970s design: Anders Pehrson Sweden

Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling pendant yellow metal chrome lid built-in switch 1970s design: Anders Pehrson Sweden

Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling pendant lamp label maximum 100 watt 1970s Design: Anders Pehrson Sweden

Lamps in the movies

Several Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling floor lamps were used as a prop in the 2016 Swedish crime television drama series Springvloed (Spring Tide). Starring Julia Ragnarsson, Kjell Bergqvist and Johan Widerberg.

An Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling table lamp was used as a prop in the 2015 Icelandic crime TV series Case (Season 1 Episode 8), original named Réttur or Right. Starring Magnús Jónsson, Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir and Víkingur Kristjánsson.

Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling Table Lamp – Catalogue picture

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Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling Pendant Lamp

Materials: Round white lampshade. Yellow painted metal lid. Chrome lid on top with a built-in switch. White round plastic grid. Some metal parts. 2 Bakelite E27 sockets.

Cord Length: 100 cm / 39.37”

Height: 30 cm / 11.81”

Width: ∅ 40 cm / 3.14”

Electricity: 2 bulbs E27, 2 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Anders Pehrson in 1971.

Manufacturer: Ateljé Lyktan, Åhus, Sweden.

Other versions: The Ateljé Lyktan Knubbling pendant lamp exists in several colours. Metal and brass versions were also made. Also floor lamps and table lamps exists. You can find many of Anders Pehrson‘s designs in the Atelje Lyktan 1934 – 2000 lighting catalogue, over here.

Anders Pehrson

Anders Pehrson, born September 19, 1912 in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden, was an industrial designer. After studying engineering, Anders Pehrson worked from 1952 to 1963 as a design manager and designer at Philips AB in Stockholm.

He was director of Ateljé Lyktan from 1963 to 1978. For Atelje Lyktan he designed the Circling, Forsythia, Golvlampa, King, Knubbling, Oak, Ofir Octav, Rampling, Simris or Olympia, Skrivbordslampa, Supertube, Tube, Vaggtub and his most famous design this Bumling lamp series. Many other lamps were designed, you can find the all in the catalogue. Also lamps with only numbers exists.

Several of Anders Pehrson’s works are exhibited in the Swedish National Museum. For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, 16300 Simris lamps were made for the interior lighting of the Olympic Village. The original design of the Simris lamp was made in 1964.

Anders Pehrson passed away July 14, 1982. He was only 69.

Ateljé Lyktan

Ateljé Lyktan is a Swedish lighting company founded in 1934 by Hans Bergström and his girlfriend Verna Norell. They wanted to make lamps and weave rugs.

Hans would look after the lamp making and Verna would be in charge of the weaving workshop. The Swedish words for workshop and lamp combined to form the name: Ateljé Lyktan.

Ateljé Lyktan has been active in Åhus for most of its history, and still has its head office there (2020). The company is now part of the Fagerhulst Group, which acquired Ateljé Lyktan in 1974.

Important designers in the company’s history have been Hans Bergström, Anders Pehrson, Bengt Fitger, Tommy Govén, Kristin Leibel, Kristian Andréason, Mia Cullin, Henrik Schulz, Lars Bessfelt, Hannelore Dreutler, Per Sundstedt, Anna Ehrner, Herta Bengtsson, Richard Carruthers, Göran Pehrson, Hans Philips Zachau, Dag Holmgren, Walter Leeman, Mats Wiman and many more.