Northern Hall Wall Lamp
HALL WALL LAMP
HALL WALL LAMP
Designed by Birger Dahl
Hall is a small lamp with a monumental address.Designed by Birger Dahl in 1955, it has graced the façades of Oslo City Hall, Elverum Town Hall, Statens hus in Vadsø and public buildings across Norway for decades, quietly illuminating some of the country's most iconic architecture, season after season.
Now, for the first time, Northern brings this outdoor design classic back to life. The Hall lamp has, since its birth in 1955, been available in different versions and sizes.
This petite version, designed for both indoor and outdoor use, highlights the key characteristics of the classic yet timeless design. Its presence on so many post-war public buildings makes it not just a product, but a piece of Norwegian architectural memory.
DESIGNER
BIRGER DAHL
Award-winning designer Birger Dahl (1916–1998) was a pioneer of contemporary Scandinavian lighting.
The mid-century years were a formative period of his work, when he forged his signature streamlined style and established a new vision of lighting design.
Dahl's career began when he became head of design at Norwegian electronics firm Sønnico and created the award-winning Dokka pendant lamp, the first lamp in Norway to receive a Gold Medal at the prestigious Triennale di Milano, which brought Norwegian lighting under the international spotlight.
While acclaimed for his lighting designs, Dahl is also considered one of Norway's leading post-war interior architects. Strict geometric shapes, such as circles, cones and cylinders, were the building blocks of his design vocabulary, which he softened with gentle contours.
He emphasised the purity of form, highlighting the shape of the object rather than hiding it behind decorative details or layers of ornamentation.
Sensibilities like these explain why his work still appears modern today, and why lighting designs such as Dokka, Birdy, Dahl and Hall remain so compatible with the interiors of our time.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Northern
PRODUCT TYPE
Wall Lamp
COLLECTION
Hall
PRODUCTION
Made in Norway
SHADE COLOUR
Opal white matt
ITEM NO.
851
SHADE MATERIAL
Glass
WIRE
Black, 200 cm (with on/off switch)
BODY COLOUR
Black/brass
VOLTAGE
220V - 240V ~ 50Hz
NET WEIGHT
1.0 kg
USE
Interior (Furniture)
ORIENTATION
- Vertically
- Horizontally
DESIGNER
Birger Dahl
BULB
E27, Max. 7 W LED only
ENVIRONMENT
- Indoor
- Outdoor
SPARE PARTS AVAILABLE
- Glass Shade
- Wall Bracket
- Light Diffuser Ring
DOWNLOAD
↓ User Manual
BODY MATERIAL
Steel
SERIES
The lamp series was originally produced by Norwegian lighting firm Sønnico under the designation S/2015. Northern's relaunch preserves the silhouette and spirit of Dahl's original, updated for contemporary use. Hall is rated IP65 and fitted with dimmable LED. The versatile wall bracket allows the lamp to be mounted vertically or horizontally. A Norwegian design icon, finally home again.
HANGING
Wall
DESIGN
Classic
FINISHES
- Black
- Aluminium
DETAIL
The lamp's signature is instantly recognisable: a mouth-blown opal glass shade divided by a slender metal band, held outward from the wall on a compact cast arm.
It is a form that is at once functional and quietly expressive, pure Birger Dahl. Hall is built for the elements and performs equally well indoors and outdoors. It casts a generous, even glow across stone, timber and concrete façades, and is equally at home in entrances, hallways, stairways, corridors, kitchens and bathrooms, and even the smallest hideaway in need of light. It works as a standalone piece and when arranged in rows.
