Fog & Mørup Lento Desk Lamp

Fog & Mørup Lento desk lamp in white metal and chrome design: Jo Hammerborg 1960s Denmark

Fog & Mørup Lento desk lamp design: Jo Hammerborg 1960s Denmark metal & chrome Mid-Century Modern MCM E27 socket

Fog & Morup Lento Desk Lamp – 1960s Catalogue Picture

Lamps In The Movies!

Inferno (2013)

A Fog & Mørup Lento desk lamp was used as a prop in the 2016Ron Howard film Inferno with Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Dan Brown.

Ex Machina (2014)

A Fog & Mørup Lento desk lamp was used as a prop in the 2014 science fiction psychological thriller film Ex Machina by Alex Garland.

Fog & Morup Junior floor lamp

The Bridge (2018)

A Fog & Mørup Junior floor lamp was used as a prop in the 2018 Nordic noir crime television series The Bridge (Broen – Bron). Starring Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt and Sarah Boberg.

Fog & Morup Studio floor lamp

Ofrenda A La Tormenta (2020)

A Fog & Mørup Studio floor lamp was used as a prop in the 2020Spanish-German crime film Ofrenda A La Tormenta (Offering to the Storm). It is the third and final instalment in the Baztán Trilogy. In all 3 films many lamps appear. Although it is almost an overkill in this last film. Starring Marta Etura, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Paco Tous.

Materials: White painted flat round metal base. Two white painted small metal rods. Chrome joint and parts. White round metal lampshade made of two tubes. Metal or Bakelite E27 socket.

Height: 57 cm / 22.44”

Width: 40 cm / 15.74”

Base: ∅ 20 cm / 7.87”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 75 watt, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulbcanbeused, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: Jo Hammerborg (1920 – 1982).

Manufacturer: Fog & Mørup A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Other versions: The Fog & Mørup Lento desk lamp exists in many colours. Also made as the Alfa wall lamp and the Junior floor lamp.

The Lento desk lamp appears for the first time in the Fog & Morup catalogue in 1967. In 1969 the floor lamp Junior and a wall lamp show up in the catalogue together with the Lento desk lamp. The Studio floor lamp is very similar with the Junior as you can see in the movies. All designs of Jo Hammerborg and part of the same lamp series.

Jo Hammerborg

Johannes (Jo) Hammerborg was born on 4 February 1920 in Denmark. He grew up on the outskirts of Randers in a middle-class family, trained as a silversmith and, during 1940–45, served in the Danish resistance as a saboteur. After the war he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a silversmith at Georg Jensen.

In 1957 Hammerborg became head of design at Fog & Mørup, a role he held until 1980. A pronounced idea-driven designer with a clear philosophy of form, function and restraint, he was a key force behind the company’s most creative and commercially successful years. He personally designed around 180 lamps for Fog & Mørup and also collaborated in refining others’ models; several of his designs received international awards. After a series of mergers beginning in 1980, Fog & Mørup eventually ceased production of his designs in the late 1990s.

Outside his professional life, Hammerborg was an avid and versatile athlete, a pilot and a pioneer in parachuting. He died in 1982, aged 62, in a parachuting accident.

Fog & Mørup

Ansgar Fog (1880–1930) and Erik Mørup (1879–1972) founded their business in 1904 as a metalwork wholesaler. Two years later they moved to Copenhagen, shifted their focus to lighting production, and over time acquired several electrical and lighting companies. Fog & Mørup emerged as a key force in lighting design in the early 1960s, following the appointment of Jo Hammerborg as head of design in 1957.

Notable designers and architects who worked with the company include: Claus Bonderup, Torsten Thorup, Sidse Werner, Sophus Frandsen, Jørgen Bo, E. Balslev, Peter Avondoglio, Karen Clemmensen, Ebbe Clemmensen, Hans Due, and of course Jo Hammerborg.

Lyfa

In the late 1970s, Fog & Mørup merged with Lyfa, another leading Danish lighting producer. In 1980 Jo Hammerborg retired. A few years later, Lyfa–Fog & Mørup was taken over by Lyskær, and the name changed to Lyskaer–Lyfa.

Lyskaer–Lyfa produced lights until 1991, when it was incorporated into Horn Belysning A/S of Aalstrup, Denmark, which was itself taken over in 2005 by Nordlux of Ålborg and, to a large extent, dismantled.

Horn Belysning

Horn Belysning A/S was founded in 1952 as a family business, initially named E.S. Horn. In 1963 it became Horn Belysning (Horn Lighting).

The company produced lighting for IKEA and several other European retail chains. It designed products and also imported lighting from China. In the 1980s Horn was the second-largest lighting company in Denmark.

In 2005 the name changed to Lightyears, which today is owned by Republic of Fritz Hansen.