House of Amber

House of Amber

Type	Private, Limited Liability Company
Industry	Jewellery, Retail, Craftsmanship, Amber Jewellery, Gold and silversmiths
Founded	1933
Founder	Einer Fehrn
Headquarters	Copenhagen
Number of locations	40+ stores
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jens Heimburger (Owner) Lars Bladt (Group CEO) Pia Fons (Managing Director)
Website	https://www.houseofamber.com

House of Amber is one of the world’s oldest and largest producers of exclusive amber jewelry. For more than 80 years, House of Amber has been creating jewelry from amber of the very finest quality, carefully selected and uniquely designed, set with gold, silver and diamonds.

History

The company was founded in 1933 by Danish Einer Fehrn and through several generations House of Amber has specialised and refined its skills in manufacturing of the finest amber jewellery.

In 2007, Dansk Generationsskifte A/S was given the opportunity to continue the family’s lifelong work. House of Amber has continued in the same spirit of dedication to quality and love for this wonderful, natural material.

Today, House of Amber is represented in the old Kanneworffs House at Nyhavn, on Vesterbrogade near Tivoli, and on the famous main pedestrian street in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Furthermore you can also find House of Amber Macao, Hong Kong, Dubai, USA, and Sweden.^[1]^[2]

Retail Stores

The flagship store on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen.

House of Amber opened its first flagship store in Stockholm in mid June 2014.

House of Amber operates more than 40 stores in 7 countries and also runs the Copenhagen Amber Museum.^[3]

Flagship Stores:
- Copenhagen - Vesterbrogade 1A, by Tivoli
- Stockholm, Sweden - Birger Jarlsgatan 22
- Solvang, California - The Copenhagen House, 1660 Copenhagen Drive
- Macau - Shoppes at Venetian at The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel, Mask Street, Shop 303
- Helsinki - Fredrikinkatu 60,00100 Helsinki

Products

Jewelry

By Collections

Timeline

1933 - Einar Fehrn founded the company in 1933 under the name Ravfehrn. The company was founded as an amber wholesaler. The customers were primarily local goldsmiths.
1962 - Einar Fehrn's son, Søren Fehrn entered the company where he began grinding and polishing amber pieces. The international demand for Fehrn's amber grew, due to their expertise within the field of amber manufacturing.
1965 - House of Amber opened its first workshop with one employee
1980's- The company began focusing on refining the production of the very finest amber jewelry.
1988 - House of Amber opened a branch in Gdansk, Poland with 16 employees.
1993 - The head office was moved to Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. At that time the company had 28 employees
1994 - House of Amber opened its first signature shop at Kongens Nytorv 2 in the beautiful Kanneworffs House; one of the oldest buildings in Copenhagen, built in 1606.
1994 - House of Amber opened Copenhagen Amber Museum in the same building. The museum was developed to house private amber collections which included some of the world’s largest pieces of Baltic amber, as well as beautiful amber antiques and artefacts.
1997 - A small shop opened at the harbour pier in Copenhagen.
2002 - House of Amber's biggest shop opened at Vesterbrogade next to Tivoli.
2003 - The fifth shop opened at Gammel Torv in the famous main pedestrian street.
2007 - Dansk Generationsskifte took over the company in 2007 and continued the Fehrn family’s lifelong work under the new name, House of Amber.
2008 - House of Amber opened its head office in Beijing and the first five shops in China.
2011 - House of Amber opened its head office in Shanghai and a new shop in Hong Kong.
2012 - House of Amber opened its webpage and webshop in 2013.
2013 - The House of Amber shop in Vesterbrogade reopened following reconstruction and is today House of Amber' flagship store in Denmark.
2013 - House of Amber celebrated its 80th anniversary with a special edition collection.
2014 - House of Amber and National Gemstone Testing Center of China entered a cooperation.
2014 - A new flagship store was opened in Stockholm
2015 - House of Amber opened a new flagship store in Macau
2015 - A new flagship store was opened in Solvang, California.
2015 - House of Amber and Copenhagen Amber Museum was enlisted in Guinness World Records with the largest piece of amber in the world with a weight of 47.5 kg.

References

↑ "House of Amber" (in Danish). Dansk Generationsskifte. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
↑ "Fakta:House of Amber" (in Danish). Børsen. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
↑ "House of Amber - Copenhagen Amber Museum". Wonderful Copenhagen. Retrieved 2013-09-29.

External links

[houseofamber.com Official website]

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