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History

In 1882, an American businessman Henry C. Yeiser founded a furniture factory, the Globe Files Co, producing furniture for offices and libraries. Around the same time, another furniture factory, the Wernicke Co, was established to produce cabinet-type bookcases. These two companies merged into Globe Wernicke Co in December 1892 and Henry C. Yeiser acquired a patent for the unique bookcase system. By the end of the 19th century, the production had expanded to Europe : first to Great Britain , later to France , Belgium , Austria and Scandinavia where that American style furniture was manufactured until the late ‘60s.

The story of one of the most unconventional bookcase systems in the history continued in 1994. Both unique design and structure was copied from the historical originals. The name of the line, "Björkkvist", comes from the used material - the Swedish word for "birch". Nowadays the results of cabinet-making using birch have reached other fields besides its original usage in home offices and libraries. It is used in living rooms, dining rooms and nurseries as well as halls in many variations.

In cooperation with partners and clients new elements have been added to the Björkkvist line each year.