Thursday, June 09, 2011

My Lundby Dollhouse Miniatures

Lundby, also known as Lundby of Sweden, is a Swedish maker of dollshouses and miniature furniture for the mass market. Lundby dollhouse furniture has been produced since 1947 and their dollhouses have been sold since the late 1940s. The company started in the Gothenburg suburb of Lundby, which also gave the company its name.
Lundby claims to have been the first to have had electrical lights in their dollhouses ("child safe" 4 volt rather than the more standard 12 volt) and are always striving to follow the trends of interior and furniture design.
The most common Lundby house style is the Gothenburg, which has remained very similar in style from the 1960s through to 2006 when it was discontinued in favor of the Småland dollhouse. There have been many other styles of Lundby dollhouse introduced over the years, such as the Stockholm House in 1975 (and a newer more modern version in 2006).
Lundby houses, furniture and accessories are 2/3-inch scale, also known as 1:18 scale, where 1 foot in real life is 2/3 inch in dollhouse size.

I received a Lundby dollhouse for Christmas when I was eight and I still have it.  Even though its been through floods and moves, it still is amazing!  It began my love of miniatures and when I found out I could find Lundby items on ebay, I dove in!  Replacing damaged pieces, selling items and finding items I had no idea were even produced!!  Lundby was bought by somebody in 2010 and actually began producing new house styles and furniture, families and pets!

Here are some pics of my Lundby stuff...


























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