Making candles is an ancient craft. Stockholm’s candle workshop on Södermalm, in Per-Anders Fogelström’s neighborhood and where Liljeholmens Ljusfabrik was once located, carries on the tradition. Great emphasis is placed on making the candles feel genuine. When the candle mass is hot, the antique candles are molded and shaped by hand. The long burning time and the beautiful flame are a result of the right mixture of stearin, paraffin, wax and wick yarn.

4-pack. Stearin, paraffin, wax and wick yarn. Length 40cm.

Before the days of kerosene and electric light, a nightlight was a practical object used to move between dark rooms. It was also used as a bedside lamp, just as its name suggests.

Gysinge’s night candlestick is based on an early 19th century model. The candle holder is turned in advance and is height adjustable. The base is cast. High quality brass. Made and polished by hand by Morells klockgjuteri in Mora.

The candlestick has a lovely solid feel. Untreated brass. Height 110mm, diameter 100mm.

Koholmen is an excellent alternative to ordinary candlesticks. The kerosene lamp was the lighting technology that preceded electric lighting and the dominant light source in Swedish homes until the First World War. Today, kerosene lamps are mainly used as mood lighting as a more efficient alternative to candlesticks of various kinds. A room lit by kerosene lamps is something very special with the warm glow and the beautiful shadows that only a living flame can provide.

Light source: 6″ round burner

Kerosene lamp Skeppsholmen, a larger version of the popular Koholmen. The oil housing is in mouth-blown clear glass. The original Koholmen model was already in the Karlskrona lamp factory’s range at the end of the 19th century, but reached a wider audience in the 1950s. The brightness of a 10”’ round burner corresponds approximately to the brightness of ten candles.