Jackie
The Songbird of the Year 2023 is called Jackie. The delicate yellow beak contrasts beautifully with the reddish head and was inspired by spring and the pretty flowers that blossom at this time.
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Poppy
Bird of the Year 2022. Poppy is inspired by the calmness and presence Kay Bojesen experienced when designing. It takes focus and contemplation to be creative and design, and Poppy's muted, down-to-earth red tones create a wonderful feeling of calmness that reminds us of this.
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Nightingale
The Nightingale was created in collaboration with the Hans Christian Andersen House, which opened in the summer of 2021, and is inspired by the world-famous author’s fairy tale about the little bird with the big voice.
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George
The bird George unites Kay Bojesen’s universes of wood and silver, as both the beak and the legs are decorated with silver leaf. The gorgeous shades of green in the plumage are inspired by Kay Bojesen’s jewellery with jade stones.
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Alfred
Alfred is named after one of Kay Bojesen’s great-grandchildren. The Nordic name characterises the innocence and peace that has always characterised the designer’s wooden figures.
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Sunshine
This songbird is called Sunshine and represents one of the five original colour combinations.
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Kay
The songbird is named Kay after the great man himself, and the shade of blue is one of the artist’s favourite colours.
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Ernst
Ernst is named after Kay Bojesen’s father, who was a multi-faceted gentleman. He was a businessman, publishing director, cultural personality and at the same time a creative soul who, together with his wife Valborg, inspired his son Kay to create the flock of beloved wooden figures.
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Pop
This songbird is called Pop because of Kay Bojesen's great love of soda pop.
Pop has been discontinued
Pop has been discontinued
Peter
This songbird is named after Kay Bojesen’s oldest grandson.
Peter has been discontinued
Peter has been discontinued
Kay Bojesen
Birds
The Birds series is a collection of songbirds with unique names in a wide range of cheerful colours. All birds in the Birds series are designed based on Kay Bojesen’s original drawings from the 1950s and produced in FSC®-certified wood, which guarantees that the trees have been planted, cultivated and felled responsibly.
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Reworked Monkey
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Reworked Bear
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