A Swedish Grace coffee table, 1920/30's, possibly Bodafors.

Coffee table with ice cream top. Disc with decor of etched meander table. Magazine shelf in rattan. Length 105 cm. Width 60 cm. Height 58 cm.

AB Svenska Möbelfabrikarna i Bodafors was a prominent Swedish furniture company with a history stretching back to 1872. The company was founded by the nailsmith Axel Häggand his brothers and started its business with the manufacture of roofing needles at the Boda mill. After a few years they switched to producing peg chairs in the Bodafors chair factory using belt-driven lathes and supplied semi-finished products of chair legs from farmers in the area. In 1893, the company gained recognition by being awarded a gold medal for its chairs at the World's Fair in Chicago.

In 1907, the company was reincorporated into a limited liability company. Later under the leadership of brothers John Albert Zeinwoldt and Frans Oskar Zeinwoldt, the company merged in 1918 with several other furniture manufacturers, including Carl Fredrikssons Träförädlings AB in Katrineholm and Värnamo Möbelfabrik, established as early as 1819. It became for some time the largest furniture manufacturer in the Nordic countries, with about 400 employees in factories in Bodafors and Värnamo.

Between 1925 and 1956 the company employed the designer Axel Larsson. They also collaborated with other prominent Swedish furniture designers such as Carl Malmsten, Bertil Fridhagen, Oscar Nilsson and later Bruno Mathsson. The company gained recognition by being awarded a gold medal at the 1925 Paris World's Fair. They manufactured a diversity of furniture and furnishings, including interiors for business premises, cinemas, schools, restaurants, hospitals and ships. In 1951 the company was acquired by AB Åtvidabergs industrier and by 1952 it had a turnover of 6.3 million SEK with 365 employees.

In 1971 AB Svenska Möbelfabrikarna became part of the DUX group, and the company's rich heritage and influence continued to live on in the Swedish furniture industry.