Scandinavian Design Awards – celebrating the best design and architecture in Scandinavia

The Scandinavian Design Awards will be launched in 2023. This new initiative aims to recognise and pay tribute to both established players and newcomers within architecture, interiors and design, in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The awards are a partnership between the publishing company It Is Media and Stockholm Furniture Fair, with the winners being announced during Stockholm Design Week at the beginning of February 2023.

It Is Media has previously been responsible for the Swedish Design Awards by Rum, which have been presented to Swedish designers and architects for ten years, while Stockholm Furniture Fair has awarded the Editors’ Choice Awards. A new partnership has now been created to add greater weight and substance to both the awards themselves and the winners. The aim is to institute a major new set of accolades, based on a strong platform with an international outlook. Together, the awards will reinforce and spur on the design industry, supporting individual creatives and businesses alike.

The Scandinavian Design Awards ceremony will be held in the Blue Hall at Stockholm City Hall on Monday 6 February 2023. This promises to be a spectacular evening showcasing the cream of Scandinavian design and architectural talent, with sparkling entertainment and glittering award presentations. Ticket sales will enable anyone with an interest in design to attend the evening. The winners will also be the stars of a curated exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023.

The Scandinavian Design Awards consist of eight categories:

Architecture of the Year

Furniture of the Year

Interior detail of the Year

Designer of the Year

Garden design of the Year

Sustainability Award of the Year

Rising Star of the Year

Producer of the Year


A jury of top names within the architecture and design industries in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland will select the winners. Every member of the carefully chosen jury has extensive experience within their own profession. The jury is chaired by architectural historian and writer Martin Rörby.

The Scandinavian Design Awards jury for 2023:

Amina Djemili, Editor-in-Chief of Rum Hemma

Anya Sebton, designer, interior architect and founder of Anya Sebton Design

Bettina Bieberstein Lee, Editor-in-Chief of Rum Ute

Cecilia Öfverholm, Editor-in-Chief of Tidskriften Rum

Cristiano Pigazzini, Creative Director and founder of Note Design Studio

Eero Koivisto, architect, designer and founder of Claesson Koivisto Rune

Hanna Nova Beatrice, project manager for the Stockholm Furniture

Ingerid Helsing Almaas, architect and Senior Advisor at DOGA, Design and Architecture Norway

Ivana Kildsgaard, architect and Director of Sustainability and Quality at Tengbom

Jacop Merlini, publisher at It Is Media

Josefin Udén, Editor-in-Chief of Nya Rum

Kenn Römer-Bruhn, writer and gardening/photography journalist, Denmark

Lisa Marie Mannfolk Eklund, Editorial Manager of Tidskriften Rum

Rahel Belatchew, architect and founder of Belatchew Arkitekter

Svante Öquist, inspirational figure and journalist

Tina Vernon, Editor of Nya Rum

Tuomas Uushemio, architect and photographer, Finland

Viktoria Millentrup, architect at BIG, Denmark

Tina Hellberg, interior designer, curator and founder of Studio Tina Hellberg

It Is Media
It Is Media has published the architecture magazine Tidskriften Rum for 24 years, and also produces three other titles: Nya Rum, which presents architect-designed homes from around the world; Rum Hemma, a lifestyle and interiors magazine featuring personal, inspirational homes; and Rum Ute, a magazine that showcases stylish garden aesthetics. Byrum.se was launched in December 2020, combining content from all four titles with exclusive online material. It is media

Stockholm Furniture Fair
Stockholm Furniture Fair is arranged by Stockholmsmässan, and is the world’s leading forum for Scandinavian design. Nowhere else can so many Scandinavian design companies be found together under one roof. A number of major new features have been unveiled in the lead-up to the 2023 edition, including a new graphic identity, a new platform for experimental design and a new fair concept. This will also be the first time in the fair’s history that the Guest of Honour award has been presented to a Swedish design studio: Front. Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023 runs from 7 to 11 February at Stockholmsmässan, in parallel with Stockholm Design Week (6 to 12 February). Stockholm Furniture Fair