Between a tenebrous sweep of cold winter days lasting up to six months and a benevolent three months of summer light to follow, divergent climatic conditions have been a force to be reckoned with amongst Scandinavian countries. Centuries past for those residing in detached provincial communities and far-distanced from quotidian access to city goods, the effect was more pronounced, which in the interim prompted the call for independent sustainability and economic sovereignty. The home became a central axis of operation, and the production of housewares and furniture with a functional usability drawing on the beauty of the surrounding nature, set the pace for what would follow.
