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Ringnes
Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. owned by the Carlsberg Group. History Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes (Amund was the brewer, Ellef the administrator and salesman) together with financial director Axel Heiberg. Amund Ringnes (1840–1907) and Ellef Ringnes (1842–1929), were both born and grew up on the historic Ringnes farm in Krødsherad. Ringnes produces beer, soft drinks and mineral water. Ringnes has six production plants: Nittedal (main plant Gjelleråsen), Trondheim (EC Dahl's Brewery), Arendal (Arendals Brewery), Bodø (Nordland brewery), Larvik ( Farris mineral water) and Imsdalen in Østerdalen (Imsdalfabrikken). The company sponsored the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup and funded the construction of the exploration vessel ''Fram''. During his exploration of the high Canadian Arctic in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringnes Brewery In Oslo
Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. owned by the Carlsberg Group. History Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes (Amund was the brewer, Ellef the administrator and salesman) together with financial director Axel Heiberg. Amund Ringnes (1840–1907) and Ellef Ringnes (1842–1929), were both born and grew up on the historic Ringnes farm in Krødsherad. Ringnes produces beer, soft drinks and mineral water. Ringnes has six production plants: Nittedal (main plant Gjelleråsen), Trondheim (EC Dahl's Brewery), Arendal (Arendals Brewery), Bodø (Nordland brewery), Larvik ( Farris mineral water) and Imsdalen in Østerdalen (Imsdalfabrikken). The company sponsored the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup and funded the construction of the exploration vessel ''Fram''. During his exploration of the high Canadian Arctic in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellef Ringnes Island
Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. A member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago, it is located in the Arctic Ocean, east of Borden Island, and west of Amund Ringnes Island. It has an area of , making it the 69th largest island in the world (slightly larger than Jamaica) and Canada's 16th largest island. Its highest mount is . The island was named by Otto Sverdrup for Oslo brewer Ellef Ringnes, one of the sponsors of his expedition. It was first sighted by Europeans in 1901 by one of Sverdrup's men. The island was then claimed by Norway from 1902 until the claim was relinquished in favour of Canada in 1930. History The first known European sighting of Ellef Ringnes Island was in 1901 by a sledging party consisting of Gunerius Isachsen and Sverre Hassel, members of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition of 1898–1902, which was under the command of Otto Sverdrup. The island was named to honour El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amund Ringnes Island
Amund Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Arctic Ocean, between 78 and 79 degrees of latitude. It lies east of Ellef Ringnes Island, west of Axel Heiberg Island. Hassel Sound separates Amund Ringnes Island from Ellef Ringnes Island. Hendriksen Strait is to the south, as is Cornwall Island. Norwegian Bay is to the east, as is Haig-Thomas Island. To the north lies Peary Channel. The island has an area of in size, making it the 111th largest island in the world, and Canada's 25th largest island. The island was named by Otto Sverdrup for Oslo brewer Amund Ringnes, one of the sponsors of his expedition. He first sighted it in 1900. The island was claimed by Norway from 1902 until the claim was relinquished in 1930. References External sources Amund Ringnes Island at The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.University of Guelph Further reading * Atkinson, Nigel. ''Late Wisconsinan Glacial and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krødsherad
Krødsherad (''Krødsherad kommune'') is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality of Sigdal on 1 January 1901. General information Name The Old Norse form of the name was ''Krœðisherað''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the lake Krøderen, the last element is ''herað'' meaning "district". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled ''Krødsherred''. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 11 September 1981. The arms are supposedly canting arms. In older times, the name, ''Krødsherad'', was commonly misunderstood as the word ''kross'' meaning "cross" or the area where two valleys crossed. Thus the saltire cross was taken as a symbol in the arms. New insights, however, derive the name from Krøderen, or a lake with a sharp curve (hooked-lake). Geography The dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Heiberg
Axel Heiberg (16 March 1848 – 4 September 1932) was a Norwegian diplomat and financier as well as a patron of the arts and sciences. Biography Heiberg was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Johan Fritzner Heiberg (1805–1883) and Emma Wilhelmine Munch (1818–1888). His father was a professor at the University of Kristiania and general surgeon in the Norwegian Army. Heiberg studied abroad and was for a period Norwegian consul in China. He returned to Norway where in 1876 together with the brothers Amund Ringnes and Ellef Ringnes he financed the creation of the Ringnes brewery. Together with shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley, the brewery sponsored the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup, and funded the construction of the exploration vessel ''Fram''. This led to Heiberg's name being given to Axel Heiberg Island in Canada, the Axel Heiberg Glacier in Antarctica as well as Heiberg Islands in Siberia. In 1878 Heiberg was one of the foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schou Brewery
The Schou Brewery ( no, Schous Bryggeri) is a former Norwegian brewery. History The company originated in a brewery that Johannes Thrane founded around 1800. Jørgen Young owned the brewery for some time before it was purchased by Christian Julius Schou (1792–1874) in 1837. The brewery was operated at several different locations in Oslo, and in 1873 operations were moved to a new facility at the Schousløkken property at ''Trondheimsveien'' (Trondheim Street) no. 2. The Schou Brewery took over the Foss Brewery in 1917, when the Foss Brewery was unable to receive raw materials from Germany during the First World War. In 1962, the Schou Brewery merged with Frydenlund Breweries to create the Merged Breweries Company ( no, De Sammensluttede Bryggerier A/S). That company operated until 1977 as the Frydenlund Schou Brewery ( no, Frydenlund Schous Bryggeri). In 1977 the company was taken over by Nora Industries ( no, Nora Industrier), which also owned the Ringnes brewery and Nora M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Sverdrup
Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854, in Bindal, Helgeland – 26 November 1930) was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Early and personal life He was born in Bindal as a son of farmer Ulrik Frederik Suhm Sverdrup (1833–1914) and his wife Petra Neumann Knoph (1831–1885). He was a great-grandnephew of Georg Sverdrup and Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup, first cousin twice removed of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (politician), Harald Ulrik and Johan Sverdrup, second cousin once removed of Jakob Sverdrup (politician), Jakob, Georg Sverdrup (theologian), Georg and Edvard Sverdrup, third cousin of Georg Johan Sverdrup, Georg Johan, Jakob Sverdrup (philologist), Jakob, Mimi Sverdrup Lunden, Mimi, Leif J. Sverdrup, Leif and Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer), Harald Ulrik Sverdrup. He was a brother-in-law of Johan Vaaler, and Otto himself married his own first cousin, Gretha Andrea Engelschiøn (1866–1937), in October 1891 in Oslo, Kristiania. Their daughter Audhild Sverdrup (1893– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tou (brewery)
Tou (''Tou bryggeri'') was a brewery established in 1855 at Tau near Stavanger, Norway. Tou brewery started producing beer and flour in 1855 at Tau outside Stavanger. In 1901, the production of beer was moved to Lervik in Stavanger. In the 1970s the production was again moved to new facilities in Forus. Christianssands Bryggeri (CB) was in 1964 a subsidiary of Tou. But CB was in 1990 demerged into a separate company (in 1999 they acquired by Hansa Borg). Tou merged in 1990 with Nora Industrier and became part of beverage company Ringnes. In June 2003, the Board of Ringnes closed down the brewery, despite strong local protests. 15 August 2003, the brewery closed down. The last bottle rolled off the assembly line, and the production was moved to Oslo. Today Tou is still produced. Tou brewery was Norway's first producer of carbonated apple juice. The brewery was later acquired by the Ringnes Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. owned by the Carlsberg Group. History Ringnes AS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Islands
The Mona Islands or Mohn Islands (russian: Острова Мона) is a group of a few scattered small islands covered with tundra vegetation. They are located in the Kara Sea, about 30 km north of the western coast of the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia, Russia. Etymology The Mona Islands were named by Fridtjof Nansen after Henrik Mohn, a Norwegian meteorologist. Mohn worked out and published the meteorological observations of various polar expeditions, including those of Nansen in the "Fram" (1893-6). "Mona" is a genitive case in Russian, meaning "(islands) of Mon" and this name has stuck, especially since the Germans used ("Mona Inseln"), based on the Russian version of the name, during their campaigns in World War II. Since then "Mona Islands" has become popular and its use has been widespread in this manner for many decades and in many modern maps and atlases. Islands Kravkov Island Kravkov Island (Остров Кравкова) is one of the biggest islands, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farris (mineral Water)
Farris is a brand of mineral water produced in Larvik. It is Norway's oldest and best-selling bottled water. It has been mentioned in literature as having positive health effects. History 19th century The product originated as a spin-off from the Spas in Vestfold when Mineral cures became popular in Norway in the second half of the 19th century. In 1875 Dr. J.C.Holm, a doctor and health resort pioneer, discovered a spring rich with minerals close to the river Farriselva. This led to the establishing of Larvik Bad (originally ''Laurvig Bad'') in 1880, a mineral spa resort where one of the treatments offered was drinking mineralized water. Larvik Bad became very popular and had a capacity of 300 guests: Among the guests were Norwegian author and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. 20th century In cooperation with Larvik Bad the local brewery ''Vestfold bryggeri'' started bottling mineral water under the brandname of "Salus". Bottling commenced on August 16, 1907, making it t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlsberg Group
Carlsberg A/S (; ) is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg (named after Jacobsen's son Carl). Other brands include Tuborg, Kronenbourg, Somersby cider, Holsten, Neptun, Russia's best-selling beer Baltika, Belgian Grimbergen, Fix, one of Greece's oldest brands and more than 500 local beers. The company employs around 41,000 people, primarily in Western Europe, Russia and Asia. History Carlsberg was founded by J. C. Jacobsen, a philanthropist and avid art collector. With his fortune he amassed an art collection which is housed in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in central Copenhagen. The first brew was finished on 10 November 1847, and the export of Carlsberg beer began in 1868 with the export of one barrel to Edinburgh, Scotland. Some of the company's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Industrier
Nora Industrier was a Norwegian company, most of its history involved in manufacturing of soft drinks and foodstuffs. It traced its history back to the brewery St. Halvard Bryggeri, established in Pilestredet in 1877. It originally brewed beer only, from 1882 soda as well. In 1918 the brewery relocated, changed its name to Nora Fabrikker and made soda its main product. It was owned by the beer breweries Frydenlund, Schou and Ringnes. In 1978 Nora Fabrikker was the largest soda producer in Norway. Since 1953 the company was also involved in other foodstuffs. In 1978, Nora Fabrikker merged with Frydenlund Schous Bryggeri (a meantime merger) and Ringnes to form Nora Industrier. It involved itself in several non-food fields, buying Helly Hansen in 1985, Bjølsen Valsemølle and Idun Gjærfabrikken in 1986 and Nidar in 1987. The drinks branch was split out as the daughter company Ringnes in 1988. In 1991 Nora Industrier was fused with Orkla Borregaard to create the Orkla Group. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
