The design event of the year for Scandinavian design is over. The Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2012 in figures

Between 7-11 February was the 61st Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair held, the world's largest and most important meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design. Some 740 exhibitors from 31 countries gathered at Stockholmsmässan to display the latest products within furniture, lighting and textiles.

Almost 39.000 buyers, architects, designers and journalists attended Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which filled Stockholmsmässan's four halls and covered a total net stand area of almost 40,000 m2. This year we had 740 exhibitors, of which around 300 are international companies. The largest exhibitor nations, apart from Sweden, is Denmark with 84 exhibitors, then Finland with 33 companies on show, closely followed by Norway with 31 exhibitors. The event also had 170 new exhibitors, including Extremis, Belgium; Globe Zero 4 A/S, Denmark; BuzziSpace, Belgium; MacMaster, United Kingdom; J.Stangdell, Sweden; Skargaarden, Sweden.

Preliminary numbers of visitors för 2012:

New visitors: 22.940
Re-visitors: 5.255
Students: 3.601
Press: 1.172 (287 international)
Public: 5.849
Total 2012: 38.817 (2011: 38.422)

The next edition of the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair will be held from 5-9 February 2013 in Stockholmsmässan.

Further information at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair website