The Duka brand offers a wide assortment for the Kitchen and Dining area, emphasizing on kitchenware, glassware, dinnerware, cutlery and gifts. Each product is selected for its good quality and specifi...
The Duka brand offers a wide assortment for the Kitchen and Dining area, emphasizing on kitchenware, glassware, dinnerware, cutlery and gifts. Each product is selected for its good quality and specific function. The assortment has a contemporary expression with a Scandinavian influence. The history of Duka goes back to the 1920's when the Swedish salesman Hjalmar Blomqvist started his first shop for glassware and porcelain in the town of Linköping in the southern parts of Sweden. The following years he continued to open several stores that all were called Hjalmar Blomqvist Companies which later became the foundation of Duka. In 1962 the Hjalmar Blomqvist companies together with a number of other independent glass and porcelain retailers founded Duka. They where 17 to start with and by working together they could get better deals with suppliers and be more efficient in their marketing. In the middle of the 1970's Duka also initiated a series of processes to develop their own brand. The hand-blown glass Blåklocka is a fine example of this product range. An example that still is sold and constitutes an important part of the current Duka product range. Since June 2009 Duka is owned by Bergendahl Home Deco. Duka products are sold by the retail chain Duka Polska that have 37 Duka shops in Poland, Bulgaria and Netherlands. Duka brand is also marketed through numerous independent stores, available in close to every Swedish city