Our history dates all the way back to 1853 when the young N.A. Christensen opened a small iron foundry in Nykøbing Mors, a town on the island of Mors in northern Jutland. Back then, cast iron was the new trend, and the strong iron was used for everything from memorial crosses to stoves. But unlike other fads, cast iron had come to stay – and today it remains a superior material for wood-burning stoves.

Much has changed since the first moulds were filled at the foundry in Nykøbing Mors some time in the late spring of 1853, but the most important tools remain the same, and the basic work is still performed by hand. We assemble the stoves on assembly lines because this is the most efficient production method, but the parts are assembled by hand. Each employee knows all steps of the assembly work, and no employee has a permanent station on the assembly line. Morsø’s employees take pride in their craft, just as the first founders and blacksmiths did back in 1853.

We are proud of our history because it reflects our daily work – and because it gives our wood-burning stoves a quality and durability that cannot be found elsewhere. When you choose a Morsø stove you not only get a beautiful and efficient cast-iron stove, you also get a small piece of Danish history.

300 years of design
1853 N.A. Christensen opens a foundry in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark.

1911 Niels C. Rasmussen designs the “municipal stove”, produced in large numbers for all local authority buildings in Denmark.

1914 Morsø co-develops the convection principle, which distributes heat effectively and quickly.

1915 King Christian X grants Morsø royal patronage.

1930 Constantin Sørensen designs the “squirrel stove”. This stove is still popular, and the squirrel has become an inseparable part of Morsø’s identity.

1944 Kaare Klint, a well-known architect and furniture designer, designs the Klint stove for Morsø. The Danish poet and author Johannes V. Jensen writes a verse for the stove.

1973 The oil crisis renews interest in wood-burning stoves. Morsø experiments with and develops a number of new and more efficient models.

1976 Morsø equips some stoves with ceramic glass doors and develops the airwash system which keeps the glass clear and soot-free.

1992 The London firm of Queensbury, Hunt & Levien designs Morsø’s 2100 series.

1998 Studio Levien begins work on the 3400 series, which features tertiary combustion.

2000 The architect Knud Holscher designs Morsø’s latest series.

2003 The 4600 Stainless Steel stove wins the prestigious “Vesta Award”, the American trade organisation’s equivalent of an Academy Award.