SOS Møbelfabrik  

Well the only thing I'll say is the guy is carrying one of those TH Harlev chairs, as is the picture furthest to the back of the van's livery. I wonder if SOS Møbelfabrikker became Farstrup? Just navel gazing really...

Well spotted @kyle-barrett and its a line worth pursuing. I will get back if I find anything.

Thanks again.

Ed

@edmccoll @kyle-barrett No, it's not Farstrup. S.O.S. stands for Sofus Olsen and Son. The company was located in Møldrup in Northern Zealand.  It was founded by Sofus Olsen, his son Henry took business over in the late 50s. As the truck in the pic sais, they produced dining tables and dining chairs. They survived the 70s and 80s, also producing children's furniture. I can't even tell whether they still exist. The local archive in Møldrup seems to have quite a lot info on them.  The chair is interesting. It looks like Theodor Harlev for Farstrup but I think that the side rail is not in the correct position. My suggestion is that they "redesigned" the rather successful (IKEA) Harlev design. 

Thanks you so much for all of that information, you are indeed a wealth of knowledge.

Really appreciate the time you took to post that.

Thanks

Ed

@herringbone Just found this old ad from 1962 as a supplement to your information about S.O.S. 🙂 

Oh, wow! Very nice! Also interesting for @lexi because of the rounded backrest.  

@herringbone. Yes indeed. Nice to have a verified, previously unknown , "curved" back chair..

@vildbjerg-lkj. Thank you.

The hole in the curved backrest has some rubber folded around to make it easier to grab. Reminds of mogens kold ?

What’s quite odd is that the first chair in the ad also looks like a blatant copy of another Theodor Harlev design. 

Yes, I did want to point out, without sounding recalcitrant that the chair in the advert is not like the chair the man in the photo is carrying in. The chair in his hand looks just like a T H Harlev design to me, side rail and all.

Not so sure about it. But the picture quality may be not good enough to decide. 

@kyle-barrett After taking a closer look I can say without sounding recalcitrant: No, it doesn’t look like a Harlev design. It’s a copy. And now we know something about the business model of SOS Møbelfabrik in the 60s. 😁

@herringbone.  Your skills at reproducing an image , in sharp focus, leave me "gobsmacked" ! 😲 

@lexi Glad I impressed you. But the trick is quite simple. I found the original photo. It had a higher resolution.