Carl Hansen opened his furniture workshop in Odense, Denmark in 1908 and soon became known for the high quality of his work. In the early days, the company produced bespoke furniture - including everything from dining room sets to bedroom suites. As the company grew and times changed, however, it gradually began to produce smaller series of its most popular pieces. This combination of hand craftsmanship and rational series production soon became the firm's hallmark - and continues to set it apart today.Until the middle of the 1940s Carl Hansen & Søn cooperated with Frits Henningsen, a famous Danish architect. Frits Henningsen designed a series of Windsor chairs whereof Carl Hansen & Søn produced some of the models until 2003.

Today, Carl Hansen & Søn is the largest manufacturer of furniture designed by Hans J. Wegner. Carl Hansen & Søn has a close cooperation with the Hans J. Wegner Studio, which enables Carl Hansen & Son to introduce or re-introduce outstanding designs from the treasure chest that Hans J. Wegner left behind. Carl Hansen & Søn also produces outstanding furniture classics by some of Denmark's most influential architects such as Mogens Koch, Kaare Klint and Ole Wanscher.

Carl Hansen & Søn also continues to find and incorporate new designers. Today Carl Hansen & Søn produce furniture by the Danish design duo Strand & Hvass as well as Thomas Bo Kastholm, son of the famous Danish architect Jørgen Kastholm. Internationally, Carl Hansen & Søn has recently started a design collaboration with the world famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

In 2011 and 2012, Carl Hansen & Søn bought the renowned Danish cabinet maker Rud. Rasmussen´s in Copenhagen and the Danish furniture manufacturer P.J. Furniture in Store Heddinge. Thereby enabling an even more specialized manufacturing of classic Danish design furniture.

True to the company's founding values, it is Carl Hansen & Søn's ambition to make furniture of highest quality, remaining beauty and value with respect for sustainable design, materials and more than 100 years of traditions of craftsmanship.