[Solved] Help Identify Secretary Desk  

A secretary work area or escritoire is made of a base of wide drawers beat by a work area with a pivoted work area surface, which is thusly bested by a shelf typically shut with a couple of entryways, regularly made of glass.The entire is generally a solitary, tall and substantial household item.

 His Eminence, Freddie. A humorist? 

The pulls are in the style of other desks and case pieces attributed to Nils Jonsson for HJN Mobler.  All of the ones I saw had legs, but maybe yours is a 70's version when plinth bases became popular.  If so, it should have a mark like this on back. 

Also, this old thread discusses the Jonsson attribution, which appears to be incorrect according to Zephyr and others. 

https://designaddict.com/community/main-forum/Nils-Jonsson-Torring-HJN-M%C3%B8bler5940/

After reading through that old thread, which mentions that these were marked as both HJN and Torring Mobelfabrik,  I found this one like yours with a Torring tag.  

@mark737. Found this image on @leif-ericson 's Instagram page. Just to put the record straight re designer. 😏 

@lexi  Thanks, that appears to clear this up nicely.  So, for the written record, since who knows how long DA will continue to host photos,  these pieces were designed by Kai Kristiansen for HNJ Mobler, also known as Torring Mobelfabrik.  

@mark737. I searched through a Danish company list and found Torring mobelfabrik. Peter Arenkiel Jensen as owner. 1947.

His name is mentioned in the link you posted. Son of Hans Nicolaj Jensen (HNJ)

@lexi According to a genealogy site, Peter Arenkiel Jensen (1914-1986) was the son of Hans Nicolaj Jensen (1874-1939).

@lexi  A brief history of the company from Arkiv.dk which also has many old pictures of the factory and employees:

Tørring Møbelfabrik was established in 1911 by Hans Nikolaj Jensen and initially manufactured dining room furniture, especially with carving work.  Later passed on to his son Peter Arenkiel Jensen.  In 1936, 15 journeymen worked at the factory located at Bredgade 34, Tørring (combined with the private home). Later, a larger factory was built on Hans Jensens Vej 6.  Gradually, a large part of the production - now also bedroom furniture - was exported, including to Germany and the USA.   in 2012, Tørring Møbelfabrik will be sold to TS Inventar A / S in Vejle.

Everyone, thank you so much for your help - this is quite illuminating. Based on what I've gleaned here, this piece is most likely based off of a design by Kai Kristiansen that HNJ produced. Is it safe to say that Kristiansen designed this plinth-based one as well? We couldn't locate any tag or label on the back, but we will check again for faint remnants now that we know what we're looking for. Deepest thanks for all of the historical information!

@himitsurugi. I  am not sure  Kai Kristiansen designed your bureau. It could be an in-house piece inspired by KK's design.

@lexi Understood. Thank you for clarifying. 😊 

I will look into the Kai Kristiansen question. Give me a couple of days.

Okay, it didn't take that long. So Kai Kristiansen designed a series of furniture for Tjorring in the 50s/60s, including the chatol @lexi posted. The design later underwent some changes, as can be seen with the chest of drawers on the first picutre. This was redesigned by Kai Kristiansen and produced in the 70s. But Kai Kristiansen then chose Aksel Kjersgaard as a partner for his case pieces and he also seems to have given the production rights for this line to Kjersgaard, as Kjersgaard produced pretty much the same chest, just with a different handle (pic 2). Tjorring on the other hand kept changing the design of the secretary desk on their own and especially in the 80s developped versions which they then successfully sold to the US.  So as lexi rightly assumed: an inhouse design based on a Kai Kristiansen design.