The room is one of the most important spaces in the home, a simple, harmonious and comfortable environment in which to relax and leave behind the stresses of the day. Let’s find out together how to furnish the bedroom in Nordic style using vintage Scandinavian furniture.
The vintage Nordic style bedroom
According to hygge , the Danish philosophy of life, the bedroom along with the living room is themost lived-in room in the house. For this reason it should be a comfortable, relaxing and pleasant place to spend time.
This space has a double, even triple function: it is the room devoted to resting, the one where there is more space to store sheets, blankets and clothes, and finally the room where to work and study if the living room or lounge is too small.
For this reason , organization in the bedroom must be painstaking, with furniture and storage facilities to arrange one’s items without taking up too much space.
Let’s take a detailed look at what furniture and items are essential for furnishing the bedroom in vintage Nordic style.
Bed and bedside tables
The bed is obviously the central element of the bedroom. The Scandinavian style wants the bed to be storage, with the wooden frame in minimal style combined with linear and capaciousnightstands.
Here are some of the perfect nightstand designs to include in a vintage Scandinavian bedroom:
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Scandinavian rosewood entry cabinet by AB Glas & Trä, Sweden, 1960s/’70s
920,00 € -
Scandinavian oak chest of drawers, 1960s
570,00 € -
Pair of Swedish mahogany bedside tables, 1950s
1.180,00 € -
Scandinavian white Deco chest of drawers, 1930s/’40s
670,00 € -
Scandinavian vintage chest of drawers with black legs, 1960s
760,00 € -
Vintage Scandinavian teak sextinaire, 1960s
1.300,00 € -
Danish teak sexton, 1960s
1.270,00 € -
Scandinavian teak nightstand with classic lines, 1960s
470,00 € -
Scandinavian teak nightstand with Vienna straw shelf, 1950s
540,00 € -
Scandinavian teak nightstand with rattan shelf, 1950s
540,00 € -
Scandinavian 1960s teak hanging nightstands.
1.180,00 € -
Scandinavian teak nightstands from the 1960s
1.360,00 €
Vintage Scandinavian-style sideboards and cabinets
Along with bedside tables, the must-have items in a Nordic-style bedroom are chests of drawers , closets and cupboards, storage units that are ideal for better organizing space and making the room look tidy.
Undecided on which ones to choose? Here are some of the furniture from our selection of storage vintage!
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Scandinavian teak sideboard with sculptural drawers
2.050,00 € -
1960s String-style freestanding modular bookcase
1.640,00 € -
Scandinavian teak bookcase, 1950s/60s
1.240,00 € -
Scandinavian teak double bookcase with black uprights, 1960s
1.960,00 € -
Scandinavian rosewood entry cabinet by AB Glas & Trä, Sweden, 1960s/’70s
920,00 € -
“String” bookcase by Nisse Strinning, 1950s
1.870,00 € -
“String” bookcase by Nisse Strinning, 1950s
1.870,00 € -
Scandinavian oak chest of drawers, 1960s
570,00 € -
Scandinavian teak shutter highboard from the 1960s
2.780,00 € -
Pair of Swedish mahogany bedside tables, 1950s
1.180,00 € -
Scandinavian white Deco chest of drawers, 1930s/’40s
670,00 € -
Danish teak and mahogany highboard, 1950s
3.020,00 €
Nordic style bedroom lighting
In the Nordic-style bedroom, light should be as natural as possible to promote relaxation and concentration.
However, elements of lighting such as abat-jours and lamps, to illuminate the room even in the evening hours with soft, enveloping light.
How to choose them? In the bedroom, you can give space to design with colorful lamps, eccentrically styled elements made of different materials, or to more linear but still distinctive and sophisticated style lamps, such as the models we offer you in our selection:
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Pair of ceiling lamps attributable to the “Semi” model by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup for Fog & Mørup, 1960s
750,00 € -
Pair of “Tilgmans” lamps in glazed stoneware, 1960s
600,00 € -
Cascade lamp attributed to Staff, 1960s
520,00 € -
“Anna” style lamp by Anna Ehrner, 1970s
380,00 € -
Yellow “Bumling” lamp by Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan, 1960s
880,00 € -
Space Age style ceiling lamp by Sven Middelboe for Nordisk Solar, 1970s
260,00 € -
Pendant lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1950s
300,00 € -
Swedish Modern style ceiling lamp, 1950s
540,00 € -
Ceiling lamp model “Biljard” by Arne Jacobsen for Louis Poulsen, 1960s
600,00 € -
Orange space age style ceiling lamp, 1960s
250,00 € -
Scandinavian brass table lamp, 1950s
490,00 € -
Pair of bed lamps manufactured by Nybro Armaturfabrik AB, 1950s
470,00 €
The desk for the study and work area
Who is at home in smart working must have a dedicated space in which to work, and the bedroom can be the ideal environment when the spaces in other rooms are too small.
In this case in the room, it is necessary to have a woodendesk, minimal in style and accessorized with numerous drawers to store valuable documents and work tools.
There are many types of vintage Scandinavian desks, from the most spacious with matching chair to the simplest and most straightforward with a stool. Those with limited bedroom space can opt for desks with more compact drawers, which also transform from a work surface into a dressing table for organizing beauty routine accessories.
Here are some perfect examples of vintage desks for your room!
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Desk with teak flap from the 1960s
1.670,00 € -
Small mahogany desk from the 1950s-60s
870,00 € -
Arne Wahl Iversen Desk 1960s
4.110,00 € -
Desk model “ND93” by Nanna Ditzel for Søren Willadsen
6.990,00 € -
Teak desk by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel
6.870,00 € -
Scandinavian mahogany writing desk with brass handles
1.060,00 € -
Scandinavian desk by Børge Mogensen with “flip-top” top
2.170,00 € -
Vintage Scandinavian desk with adjustable drawers
1.310,00 € -
1960s oval Scandinavian teak desk
2.710,00 € -
Scandinavian teak desk with three drawers, 1950s/60s
2.460,00 € -
Teak Danish vintage desk
1.650,00 €Original price was: 1.650,00 €.1.485,90 €Current price is: 1.485,90 €. -
Scandinavian teak desk with three drawers, 1950s/60s
1.150,00 €
The must-have accessories in a vintage Scandinavian bedroom
Besides furniture and lighting, there are other elements that should not be missing in a vintage Scandinavian-style bedroom.
These include warm wool blankets , soft pillows to decorate the bed and long-pile rugs to place under the desk or near the bed. There is also plenty of room for candles, plants and small decorations, perfect for making the room more cozy and relaxing, or mirrors if the space is small and needs to be made larger and more open.
Those with enough space can also enhance the room with an armchair, or with shelves and hanging bookshelves to better organize books and accessories.
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Bamboo and rattan folding screen, Scandinavia, second half of 1900s
550,00 € -
Bench with “Florida” oak flower stand
540,00 € -
Scandinavian oval metal and teak flower stand
480,00 € -
Scandinavian black metal and teak flower stand
430,00 € -
Scandinavian circular bamboo flower stand 1960s
390,00 € -
Scandinavian Spåna teak screen from the 1950s/60s
1.930,00 € -
1960s Scandinavian Teak Planter with Metal Insert
230,00 € -
Vintage Swedish Wood Pedestal
290,00 € -
Vintage Swedish Painted Wood Pedestal
320,00 € -
Vintage Swedish Painted Wood Pedestal
350,00 € -
Scandinavian metal planter
520,00 € -
Vintage metal planter
380,00 €



















































































































