Børge Mogensen (1914-1972), Danish architect, is one of the greatest contributors to Danish furniture design classics. The Spoke-back sofa, the Spanish Chair, the Shaker Table are among some of most well-known classics.

Børge Mogensen qualified as a cabinetmaker in 1934, trained as a furniture designer at the College of Arts and Crafts 1936-38 and at the Academy of Fine Arts’ Furniture College 1938-41. Later he became Kaare Klint's assistant. He familiarised with systematic, almost scientific analysis, as a precondition for projection of furniture and equipment.

Mogensen studied the interaction between people and furniture with great interest and developed new types of furniture. He was extremely productive. Ideas came to him at all times of the day and night, and he noted them down on whatever was at hand: matchboxes, napkins or crumpled envelopes. For example, the Hunting Chair, destined to become one of Mogensen’s many classics, was sketched on a matchbox late at night in the company of good friends.

With his background as a cabinet maker he had great respect for his materials and wood was his preferred material. Børge Mogensen became manager of FDB’s furniture design studio in 1942 where he was in charge of designing simple, cheap, industrially produced furniture for the general public that was highly appreciated.

Børge Mogensen was amongst others awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1950 and the C.F. Hansen Medal in 1972.