March 10 2021
You could characterise a young Henrik Lindberg growing up in the Seventies as someone who wanted to get as far away as he could from the eyewear business. His father, Poul-Jørn, was an optometrist and Henrik had realised, first-hand, the labour-intensive nature of the profession that necessitated a commitment that required long hours invested daily and spilt into weekends too.
“I promised myself when I was a kid and a teenager that I would never ever enter the optical business,” Henrik, the founder, CEO and creative director of Danish family-owned eyewear company Lindberg told
Gulf Business. “So I graduated as an architect and began working as an architect.”