Orrefors’ history is the story of how the simplest of raw materials – lime, sand and soda – become magnificent glass objects. The forest was the fuel, the artists made Orrefors glass world-leading.
Glass jars for preservation were first manufactured in 19th-century Orrefors. When the social movements and the idea of
"more beautiful everyday goods" took hold at the turn of the century, the artists Edward Hald and Simon Gate were invited to the mill. Immediately they create completely new objects with color and engraving. The results are spread around the world via exhibitions, in interiors and as objects of use. The glass from the forest in Småland will soon be unrivaled: This beats everything! “Il n´y as que ca!” it was proclaimed at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1925.
More artists come to Orrefors, forms are refined and reconsidered. In the hot mass of glass there are endless possibilities - for those who master the skills. The glass that is created today is based on the knowledge generated over more than a hundred years. The very best designers now continue to enchant the world with the brilliance and beauty of glass.
The history of the glass from Orrefors is still being written.
