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1914 Born: Tønder,Denmark.
1931 Served apprenticeship as a cabinet maker in the workshop of H.F.Stahlberg..
1936 Studies at the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts under Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen. (until 1938)
1939 Employed by Erik Møller and Flemming Lassen's studio,Århus. Furniture for Nyborg Folkebibliotek.
1941 Design of furniture and fixings for The Århus Radhus (Townhall).
1943 Opens his studio in Århus. (until 1946)
1946 Opens his own studio: Gentofe,Copenhagen.
Taught at Copenhagen's School of Arts and Crafts. (until 1953)
Employed at Palle Suenson's studio Copenhagen. (until 1948)
1949 Employed at Arne Jacobsen's and Erik Møller's studio in Århus.
Architect for Exhibitions - Landsforeningen Dansk Kunsthandværk. (until 1952)
1951 Awarded the "the Triennale".
1954 Awarded the "the Triennale".
1995 Made an Honorary member of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
1997 Wegner received an Honary Doctorate from the The Royal College of Art in London.
Awarded the The 8th International Design Award, Osaka, Japan.
2007 Died in Copenhagen 26th January 2007.
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