Harald Lundqvist

Harald Lundqvist (1909–1996) was a Swedish cabinetmaker known for the wooden shelving system he developed in the 1940s – in Finland, it is best known as the beloved pine shelving of Lundia’s Classic range. Lundqvist founded his own furniture workshop in 1939, where he developed a sturdy and easily adaptable storage system in which the shelves could be adjusted without tools and the entire unit could be easily dismantled and reassembled. The patented system quickly gained international popularity, with licenses sold in more than 30 countries.

Lundqvist spent the later part of his life in Vevey, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva.