Fog & Mørup Lento Desk Lamp –

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

Lamps in the movies!

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

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

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

A Fog & Mørup Studio floor lamp was used as a prop in the 2020 Spanish-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.

Fog & Mørup Lento Desk Lamp

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.
Any type of light bulb can be used, 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.
In 1957 he became head of design at Fog & Mørup. Hammerborg was a prolific designer, personally creating some 100 lamps for Fog & Mørup and also collaborated with other designers in adapting their designs. Jo retired in 1980, only a short time before both his own death in 1982 and the take-over of the company.

Fog & Morup 1960s Catalogue Picture

Fog & Mørup

Ansgar Fog (1880-1930) and Erik Mørup (1879-1972) started their business together in 1904 as a metalwork wholesaler. Two years later they moved to the capital Copenhagen and began to focus on lighting production and over the years taking over several electrical and lighting companies. It was only in the early 1960s that Fog & Mørup really emerged as a key force in lighting design, following the company’s appointment in 1957 of Jo Hammerborg as head of design.

Important designers and architects that worked for the company are: 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 himself.

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. The name changed to Lyskaer-Lyfa.

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

Horn Belysning

The Horn Belysning A/S company was founded in 1952 as a family business and was first named E.S. Horn. In 1963 it changed into Horn Belysning – Horn Lighting.

The company produced lights for IKEA and several other European retail chains. They designed lights but also imported lights from China. In the 1980s Horn was the second biggest light company in Denmark.

In 2005 the name changed into Lightyears, today owned by Republic of Fritz Hansen.