Anthon B Nilsen AS is a Norwegian

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. It was established by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen in 1879 to export pulp and paper products and lumber. His sons Reidar and Gunnar Holst took over in the 1930s, and ultimately established the Reidar and Gunnar Holst Foundation in 1973 to assure long-term ownership. In 2000, Nicolai H. Løvenskiold and Peder Chr. Løvenskiold bought 25% of the shares each.

Company operations

As of 2008 the company has invested in education, property, recycling and trade, with one subdivision for each field. Through its subdivision ABN Education (''Anthon B Nilsen Utdanning'') it owns several private high school and college institutions in Norway, including the

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, NKI Fjernundervisning, the

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, Treider College and Bjørknes College. It owns two colleges in a foreign country
Berghs School of Communication
and Medlearn in

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. In 2014,

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was established as a result of the merger of the three colleges

, NISS (

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). The recycling division ABN Recycling (''Anthon B Nilsen S.A.S.'') has its main office in

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, and has regional offices in Tofte, Boninne,

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and

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Negotiations

In August 2007, ABN Property (''Anthon B Nilsen Eiendom''), came in the spotlight as the company CG Holding tried to buy the paper mill in

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, whose land and facilities were owned by ABN Property. The paper mill had previously been threatened with closure. Two weeks later, CG Holding penned a deal to buy the factory. The only remaining step was to negotiate the land rental with ABN Property. One week later, however, ABN had proposed an altered deal for land rental. CG Holding accused the new contract of being unreasonable. In the end, CG Holding did take over the factory, but decided to cease production the next year. With no particular plans for the production facilities, ABN announced that the factory would lie fallow for the time being.

References

External links

Official site

Medlearn
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