{{Infobox company , name = O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond , logo = Kavli dairy logo.png , type =

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, foundation = 1890 , location =

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

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Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

: Kavlifondet or O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond in full) is a

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based in

that owns Kavli Holding AS that in its turn, owns major food brands including

Kavli Kavli () is a Norwegian brand of soft cheese, caviar, mayonnaise, crackers and milk. The company sells products in 30 countries, with plants in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, England and Scotland. In 1914, Olav Kavli founded Kavli Holding ...

and Q-meieriene. Kavli Holding AS. Bergen, the Norwegian food group founded in 1893 by

Olav Kavli Olav Kavli (7 January 1872 – 22 September 1958) was a Norwegian business man who founded the Kavli company. Biography Ole Knudsen Kavli was born at Årø in Bolsøy (now Molde) in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was the son of Knut Andreas Olsen ...

as a wholesale company in cheese products. Kavli exports began around 1910, when the company was first introduced on the

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market in the U.S. with exports such as goat cheese. Just before the

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began, Kavli began to produce more of the goods themselves, both canned and cheeses. In 1920, Kavli introduced

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, a mild cheese with great durability (''smelteost'') . Today, the company sells produce in 30 countries from plants located in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, England and Scotland. After the death of his father in 1958, Knut Kavli (1890-1965) bought up most shares in the O. Kavli A / S. Kavli Foundation was created 25 April 1962, when Knut Kavli transferred his shares in the family company to the foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to provide funding for

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and

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. The foundations operations span twenty countries.''Kavli Holding AS'' (Store norske leksikon)
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References

External links

Kavlifondet official website

The Kavli Group
Kavli Food and drink companies of Norway Condiment companies Companies based in Bergen Foundations based in Norway Food and drink companies established in 1893 1893 establishments in Norway