Two Trick Puzzle Pieces or the Portmanteau of Poul Hundevad & Co  

Many people, myself included, and even very knowledgeable people ones who aren't parrotting some dealer's idiot attribution, will tell you this is Poul Hundevad's logo and mark, but it is NOT, absolutely NOT. And it is not Poul Hundevad & Co (which did not exist).

Interesting. Does Hundevad Vamdrup play into this story?

Apparently, there were 2 makers with a similar name:
Poul Hundevad, Vamdrup.
A/S Hundevad & Co, Ulfborg.
To add to the confusion, both were members of Domus Danica.

And who is A/S Hundevad & Co.?
So let's look into this. It turns out that Hundevad & Co since 1990 has been Jesper Office Systems, but it was founded in 1935 in the small western Denmark town of Ulfborg as a cooperative of cabinetmakers.

And Poul Hundevad was located in Vamdrup, Denmark, where the Gold Hill Stool (Guldhøjstolen) was discovered. See the label below. So not the same place.

Ah, but Denmark is not such a big place, maybe they are really close, so that you could zip between them and run two companies at once?
Nevermind, plenty far apart, 130 kilometers apart or an hour and 43 minutes driving.

Alright, so if there are two companies who made what? Let's start with Poul Hundevad and his Gold Hill Stool, since it is incontrovertibly his. Can be find a marked one and start to sort this mess out. It turns out that Poul Hundevad was really not very fond of putting his logo on anything (how very Danish of him...), and least of all his Gold Hill Stool. But there are a few, and here is one with even the original box. See that "PHV" logo? That, right there, that is Poul Hundevad's logo. "PHV" for P-oul H-undevad, V-amdrup.

So then what is the "hu" logo?
It is the logo for Hundevad & Co of Ulfborg. "HU" for H-undevad and U-lfborg. Or possibly it is just the first two letters of "Hundevad," but Danish furniture factory naming patterns suggest it would have been the town. This is why so many towns are incorrectly advertised as part of the name of a Danish furniture company, because many always put the company name immediately after (for example: Aksel Kjersgaard Odder; Axel Christensen Odder (whose logo was 'ACO'); Koefoeds Hornslet; CFC Silkeborg; Poul Hundevad, Vamdrup; etc).

Hundevad & Co mainly built case goods, and here is one of their pieces. This was designed by Carlo Jensen by the way. Also, note on the Domus Danica page, that the model number is prefixed with 'hu,' just like the logo, incidentally. This prefix code was how all Domus Danica literature identified Hundevad & Co pieces.

I can't add anything to this thread but I love it! Thanks Leif for starting it, it's an education!

And this reminds me of another mystery. A few times I have seen Danish modern pieces--unidentified, and I think all have been case pieces--with a "CHO" mark, and nobody seemed to know whose mark it was. Well, the answer is Hundevad & Co. My guess it is an earlier than the "hu" mark. And the mark is not supposed to be read as CHO, but rather as HCO. This graphic design failure probably had a lot to do with why the company's logo was changed.

Domus Danica pages for Poul Hundevad. Notice the "PH" prefix that Domus Danica uses to identify Poul Hundevad products.

More Domus Danica pages for Hundevad & Co. Notice the "HU" prefix that Domus Danica uses to identify Hundevad & Co products.

The Danish Furniture Index needs to be fixed. There are quite a few bad entries for manufacturer: "Hundevad".