What is a typical day at Normann Copenhagen like

for you?

There is rarely a typical day at the of

fice – as we

produce our products in several different countries,

many days are travel days.This year alone, I have had

three trips to China/Hong Kong, along with trips to

Italy, the US, Mexico, Poland, France and Portugal.When

I’m at the office, a lot of my time goes into developing

new products together with the design team as well

as conversations with our engineering team in China

and suppliers around the world.There are a lot of

technical issues to attend to. Many countries have their

own requirements for lamps and furniture, which we

must deal with if we want to receive orders from the

export market.This entails conducting statutory tests

on our lighting and performing strength tests on all of

our chairs.

Can you tell us a fact about Normann

Copenhagen that might surprise people?

What is definitely not common knowledge is that

Normann Copenhagen for brief period of time during

the 00’s sold an energy drink. Sadly, it was not a big hit

so no F1 team for us yet (Editor’s note: Formula 1 is a

shared interest of Søren and founders Jan and Poul).

What is your fondest or funniest memory with

Normann Copenhagen?

I have had many fun and exciting experiences with

Normann Copenhagen.The more challenging ones have

been during travels to China where Jan and I have had

to eat snakes, frogs, turtles, donkeys and other things

that are very far from Danish cuisine. After 17-18 years

of cooperation, there are a lot of memories. Back in the

day, we were known for throwing some of the wildest

parties in Copenhagen and thinking back on these

events naturally brings up many amusing recollections.

Three words that describe Normann

Copenhagen?

Multifaceted, curiosity and international.

Søren Stryhn Petersen

Chief Technology Officer

Has been with Normann Copenhagen for 17 years.