Auktionshuset Kolonn AB

What Auktionshuset Kolonn AB does

Auktionshuset Kolonn AB is a privately held Swedish auction house incorporated as an Aktiebolag (limited company), founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Its stated function is to value, sell antiques, and design objects at auction, operating with a small team of 1–10 employees. The company runs under a traditional auction-house model, intermediating between consignors seeking to sell antiques and design objects and buyers competing at auction; its chairman is Niklas Söderholm.

The firm's operating footprint is local/national within Sweden, and its website (kolonn.se) functions primarily as a presence channel rather than a transactional platform — at the time of source capture it displayed a loader/verification page with no substantive catalog or e-commerce content. There is no disclosed pricing schedule, no published fee structure, no proprietary technology stack, no digital product surface, and no partnerships, awards, certifications, or external funding rounds on record. Ownership structure beyond the chairmanship is not disclosed, and no subsidiaries, M&A, or restructuring activity has been reported.

Revenue mechanics, customer segmentation, marketing channels, and distribution channels are all unstated in the available data. Given the absence of disclosed financials, investor commentary, or scale indicators, the company should be treated as a small, privately held specialist intermediary whose addressable market is the Swedish antiques and design-object secondary market. The data set is thin and constrains any forward-looking analysis to evidence that is directly present rather than inferred.

Name

Auktionshuset Kolonn AB

Legal name

Auktionshuset Kolonn AB

Website

https://kolonn.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Auktionshuset Kolonn AB is a privately held Swedish auction house, founded in 2006 and based in Sundbyberg, that values and sells antiques and design objects at auction for collectors and consignors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Antique Auction Services

NAICS

Used Merchandise Retailers (4595)

akta.pro primary industry

Vintage & Antique Collectibles Retail (CRALAGAE)

Keywords

• Antique auction services
• Antique valuation
• Art object auctions
• Antique sales
• Auction house

Headquarters

HQ city

Sundbyberg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Auktionshuset Kolonn AB is a Swedish auction house that values antiques, sells antiques at auction, and designs objects for auction. The firm acts as an intermediary facilitating the sale of consigned antique items and designed objects through its auction process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Antique Auctions
• Antique Valuation
• Object Design for Auction

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Bukowskis: Sweden's largest and most established auction house, founded in 1870, offering fine art, antiques, and design auctions. Directly comparable as a Stockholm-based Swedish auctioneer serving the same consignors and buyers with the same broad auction model.
• Stockholms Auktionsverk: Stockholm-based auction house specializing in fine art and antiques. Operates in the same Swedish market and category as Kolonn, with overlap in consignor relationships and buyer pools.
• Lauritz.com: Online-focused Nordic auction platform handling antiques, art, and design. Comparable as a regional competitor pursuing an online-first model in the same Scandinavian antique category.
• Bruun Rasmussen: Denmark's leading auction house handling art, antiques, and modern design since 1948. Comparable as a Nordic regional peer with similar service breadth (valuation, sale, auction design) and overlapping Scandinavian consignor base.
• Uppsala Auktionskammare: Long-established Swedish auction house operating in Uppsala and Stockholm, focused on art and antiques. Comparable as a direct Nordic competitor targeting the same consignor base of estate sellers and collectors.
• Wickmark & Co: Smaller Swedish auctioneer and valuation firm active in antiques and decorative objects. Comparable as a small-scale Swedish competitor with similar size profile and overlapping services (valuation and auction sales).
• Keno Auctions: Scandinavian auction house focused on modern and contemporary design, art, and antiques. Comparable as a Nordic specialist auctioneer serving overlapping collector segments.

Broad incumbents

• Bonhams: International auction house with a notable presence across Europe and a portfolio spanning art, antiques, and design. Comparable as a broad incumbent and as historical parent/acquirer of Bukowskis, operating in the same Swedish category.
• Sotheby's: Global luxury auction house covering fine art, antiques, jewelry, and collectibles. Comparable as a broader incumbent that absorbs high-value Swedish consignments internationally and competes for the same high-end buyer pool.
• Christie's: World-leading auction house operating across fine art, decorative arts, and antiques. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for consignment of significant estate pieces coming out of Swedish households.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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