Orrefors Glassworks (also known as just Orrefors) was a glassworks in the Swedish village of Orrefors in Småland. Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass. The range consisted of crystal stemware, barware, vases, and sculptures and lighting products in crystal. In 1990 Orrefors bought Kosta Boda. The glassworks in Orrefors closed in 2012. Orrefors glassworks was founded in 1898 on the site of an older iron works. Until 1913, the company produced mainly window glass and bottles. When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913, Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses, vases, and other house-ware items. Ekman hired Knut Bergkvist and his nephew Eugen, who had worked at Kosta Glasbruk, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman. Wollman came from Bohemia, which has a long tradition in glassmaking. The first attempts at art glass making were in the style at the time of famous French glassworks including Daum and Gallé. More information...
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