Orkla ASA is a
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
conglomerate operating in the
Nordic region
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, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. At present, Orkla operates in the branded consumer goods, aluminium
solutions and financial investment sectors. Orkla ASA is listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange and its head office is in
Oslo, Norway
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...
. , Orkla had 21,423 employees. The Group's turnover in 2021 totalled NOK 50.4 billion.
Operations
Orkla's branded consumer goods division produces brands in many fields, primarily in the
Nordic region
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, but also in other places such as Central and Eastern European countries, Russia and the Baltic region. Among the companies owned by Orkla are
Abba Seafood,
Beauvais foods,
Chips
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,
Felix Abba,
Göteborgs Kex,
Kalev,
KiMs,
Lilleborg,
MTR Foods
MTR Foods is a food products company based in Bengaluru, India. The company manufactures a range of packaged foods including breakfast mixes, ready to eat meals, masalas and spices, snacks and beverages.
MTR Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of N ...
, Rasoi Magic, Peter Möller,
Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace, sellin ...
,
OLW,
Panda
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,
Procordia Food,
Stabburet,
Sætre, Pierre Robert Group and
Laima
Laima is a Baltic goddess of fate. She was associated with childbirth, marriage, and death; she was also the patron of pregnancy, pregnant women. Laima and her functions are similar to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
In Latvia
In Latvian mythology, ...
.
As of February 2020 Orkla has major ownership in
Jotun (42.6%). Borregaard was divested and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2012. Orkla's 50% interest of
Sapa Group was sold in 2017.
History
Orkla started out in 1654 with
pyrite
The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral.
Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue giv ...
mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...
at
Løkken Verk
Løkken Verk (sometimes just called Løkken) is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located south of the village of Svorkmo, east of the village of Bjørnli, and north of the municipal center of Mel ...
in
Sør-Trøndelag,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. Later the company also started mining
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...
, but copper mining was abandoned in 1845. In 1904
Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag was founded by
Christian Thams
Christian Thams (9 September 1867 – 22 May 1948) was a Norwegian architect, industrialist, businessman and diplomat. Thams was also a founder and major shareholder of Société du Madal, a Norwegian company which operated coconut oil plantations ...
to start commercial mining at Løkken Verk, which included the construction of
Thamshavnbanen, the first
electric railway
A railway electrification system supplies electric power to Rail transport, railway trains and trams without an on-board Prime mover (locomotive), prime mover or local fuel supply.
Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling pa ...
in Norway, between Løkken Verk and
Thamshavn
Thamshavn or Thamshamn is a small port village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the site of the port for the town of Orkanger and the ferrosilicon plant Elkem Thamshavn. It is located right along European route ...
. This railway is still operated as a
museum railway after the mining operations at Løkken Verk were closed on 10 July 1987.
In 1929, Orkla became listed on
Oslo Stock Exchange and in 1931 the new
smelting plant at Thamshavn outside
Orkanger
Orkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is also a former municipality which existed from 1920 until 1963. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondhe ...
is opened. By 1941 Orkla started with a separate investments portfolio, and opened offices in Oslo in 1975. In 1984 Orkla started a major takeover of Norwegian newspapers, creating Orkla Media as one of the three largest
media
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Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...
companies in Norway. Half of the
magazine publisher
Egmont-Mortensen is added to Orkla Media in 1992 and the Danish
in 2000. Orkla sold the media section to
Mecom
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in 2006.
In 1986 Orkla merged with
Borregaard based in
Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.
Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...
to form Orkla Borregaard. The company then merged with
Nora Industrier in 1992. Borregaard was spun off and introduced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2012, with Orkla retaining a minority stake in the company. Orkla heavily invested in
foods and among others acquired Swedish
brewery
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Pripps
Pripps was a major brewery in Sweden and is now a part of Carlsberg, in which Pripps remains as a trademark. The company was based in Stockholm; their main product was Pripps Blå. They also owned Ramlösa. Pripps was founded in Gothenburg b ...
as well as other companies, including Abba Seafood,
Baltic Beverages Holding
Baltic Beverages Holding is a brewing company owned by Carlsberg Group. It is a significant operator in the brewing industry in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic countries and Kazakhstan, most notably holding a stake in Baltika Breweries.
History ...
and Procordia Food. Norwegian
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 Pripps were merged with
Carlsberg Breweries
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. ...
, where Orkla acquired a 40% ownership in 2000. Orkla sold its ownership in Carlsberg in 2004, the same year it bought
SladCo.
In 2005 Orkla bought the Norwegian material company
Elkem
Elkem is a company that produces silicones, silicon, alloys for the foundry industry, carbon and microsilica, and other materials. Elkem was founded in 1904, has more than 7,000 employees and fields 30 production sites worldwide. Elkem has an ope ...
and
Sapa Group in Sweden. In 2010 Orkla bought the Estonian confectionery company
Kalev. As of early 2013, Orkla owns (SladCo), (Fabrika imeni Krupskoy), (Konfi), (Volzhanka), (Pekar), and the (Azart) confectionery brands through Orkla Brands Russia. It is known to be the fifth largest confectionery producer in Russia.
In November 2018 Orkla announced that it will acquire
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
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* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
Kotipizza Group.
In March 2022, Orkla Health announced it had acquired 100% of the shares of dietary supplements supplier
Healthspan
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Group Limited for £65 million on a cash and debt-free basis.
Brands
Orkla Foods
*
Abba Seafood – seafood (Sweden)
*Ahti – herring
*Bähncke – condiments
*Banos – banana spread
*Beauvais – condiments
*Big One – frozen pizzas
*Big One Diner – American food
*Bjellands Fiskeboller – canned fish balls
*Bob – juice, fruit preserves
*Boy – herring
*Den Gamle Fabrik – fruit preserves
*Denja – salads, herrings
*Ejderns – caviar
*Ekstrom – desserts
*Everest – bottled water (Latvia)
*
Felix – condiments, potatoes, vegetables
*Frödinge – desserts
*Fun Light –
squash
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Sports
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* Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling
* Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...
*Geisha – rice products
*Gimsøy Baker'n – baking ingredients
*Gimsøy Drinkmix – drink mix
*Glyngøre – herring
*
Grandiosa – frozen pizzas
*Grebbestads – anchovies
*Gutta – juice (Latvia)
*Gøy – squash
*Hold-It – calzones
*Hållö – shellfish
*Idun – condiments
*Jacky – yoghurts, puddings
*JOKK – juice
*K-salat – salads
*Kalles Kaviar – caviar
*Kikkoman – soy sauces
*Kokkeklar – soups
*Kung Gustaf – seafood
*Latplanta – spices (Latvia)
*Lierne – lefse
*Limfjord – seafood
*Liva Energi – energy drinks, protein drinks
*Lucullus – herring
*Løvstek – cube steak
*Mors hjemmebakte flatbrød – flatbrød
*Mr. Lee – instant noodles (Norway,
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
)
*Mrs. Cheng's – Asian food
*
Nora
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* Nora (name), a feminine given name
People with the surname
* Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
* Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian
Places Australia
* Norah Head, New South Wales, headlan ...
– fruit preserves, canned vegetables, desserts, squash (Norway)
*
Nugatti – chocolate spreads (by
Stabburet, Norway; also sold in
Finland
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)
*Nøtte – hazelnut butter
*Pastella – pasta
*Paulúns – natural food
*Pizza Originale – frozen pizzas
*Risifrutti – porridges
*SaritaS – Indian food
*Sjokade – chocolate spreads
*Spilva – condiments, canned vegetables, juices, ready meals (Latvia)
*Stabburet Leverpostei –
leverpostej
*Stabburet Pai – frozen pies
*Stabburet Picnic – canned ham
*Sunda – honey
*SUSLAVICIUS – condiments, fruit preserves
*Svennes – caviar
*Tomtegløgg – mulled wine
*
Toro – soups, desserts, spices, powdered drink mixes (
Rieber & Søn, Norway; also sold in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
)
*Trondhjems – canned food
*Truly Thai – Thai food
*Vesta – herring
*Vestlandslefsa – lefse
*Vitana – bouilion powder, condiments (Czech Republic)
*Vossafår – cold cuts
*Önos – fruit preserves, squash
Orkla Confectionery & Snacks
*Ādažu čipsi – potato chips (Latvia)
*Ballerina – cookies
*
Bamsemums – chocolate
*
Bergene Melk – chocolate
*Bixit – cookies
*Bocca – chocolate
*Café Bakeriet – cookies
*Caramello – chocolate
*Crispo – chocolate
*Cuba – chocolate
*Doc – throat lozenges
*
Extra
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Literature
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– chewing gum (distribution only)
*Fresh walk – sandwiches
*Fun Light – juice
*Gjende – cookies
*Göteborgs Kex – cookies
*Gullbrød – marzipan
*Hjemmelaget Julemarsipan – marzipan
*Hobby – chocolate
*
Hubba Bubba
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– chewing gum (distribution only)
*IFA – throat lozenges
*
Juicy Fruit
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– chewing gum (distribution only)
*Julegris –
marzipan pig
The marzipan pig is a traditional German, Dutch, Flemish and Scandinavian confectionery consisting of marzipan shaped as a pig.
During Jul in Norway and Sweden, a tradition is to eat a rice porridge known as risgrøt (risgrynsgröt in Swed ...
*Julemarsipan – marzipan
*
Kalev – chocolates, biscuits, cookies, marzipans, caramels (Estonia)
*
KiMs – potato chips (Norway, Denmark)
*Knott – candy
*Kornmo – biscuits
*Krembanan – chocolate
*Kremtopper – chocolate
*Krokantrøffel – chocolate
*Laban – candy
*
Laima
Laima is a Baltic goddess of fate. She was associated with childbirth, marriage, and death; she was also the patron of pregnancy, pregnant women. Laima and her functions are similar to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
In Latvia
In Latvian mythology, ...
– chocolate (Latvia)
*Laima sweets stores (Latvia)
*Laima chocolate museum (Latvia)
*
Latfood – chips (Latvia)
*Mokkabønner – chocolate
*Mokkatrøffel – chocolate
*
Nero
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– chocolate, liquorice (by
Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace, sellin ...
, Norway)
*New Energy – chocolate
*
Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace, sellin ...
– chocolates, bulk candy (Norway)
* – potato chips
*Old Town Bakery – confectionery, cakes (Latvia)
*
Panda
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– chocolate, liquorice candy (Finland)
*Panda Liqueur – chocolate
*Pauluns Wholemeal flakes, muesli, bars (Sweden)
*Pedro – salty snacks (Latvia)
*
Polly
Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (name), Molly (a diminutive of Mary (name), Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina (given name), Polina, Polona (given name), Polona, Paula (g ...
– nuts (by
KiMs Norge, Norway)
*Safari – cookies
*Sfinx – chocolate confections (by
Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace, sellin ...
)
*Skipper – liquorice candy
*
Smash! – chocolate (by Nidar, Norway)
*Selga – cookies and waffles (Latvia)
*Staburadze – confectionery and cakes (Latvia)
*Smørbukk – caramel
*Snøstenger – marzipan
*
Stratos – chocolate
*
Sætre – biscuits, cookies (Norway)
*
Troika
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Cultural tradition
* Troika (driving), a traditional Russian harness driving combination, a cultural icon of Russia
* Troika (dance), a Russian folk dance
Pol ...
– chocolate
*Taffel The Original Snacks – salty snacks (Latvia)
Orkla Care
Lilleborg
* Blenda – laundry products
*
Comfort
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– fabric softeners
* Define – hair care products
* Dr. Greve – hygiene products
*
Jif – cleaning products
*
Jordan
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– dental hygiene products, cleaning supplies
* Klorin – chlorine products
* Krystal – cleaning products
*
Lano – soap
*
Lypsyl
Lypsyl is a brand of moisturising lip balm owned by Lornamead. Marketing rights in the UK and Ireland are owned by Alliance Pharma since 2013. It is packaged in a small, cylindrical, twist action tube and is applied like a lipstick.
Lypsyl moistu ...
– moisturising lip balm (distribution only)
* Milo – laundry products
* Naturelle – soaps
*
OMO – detergents
*
Pepsodent
Pepsodent is an American brand of toothpaste with the minty flavor derived from sassafras. The brand was purchased by Unilever in 1942 and is still owned by the company outside of the United States and Canada. In 2003, Unilever sold the rights t ...
– toothpaste (distribution only)
*
Persil – laundry products
* Salmi – cleaning products
*
Solidox – toothpaste
* Sterilan – deodorants
* Sun – dishwashing
* Svint – steel wool soap
* Zalo – dishwashing products
Orkla Health
*Collett – vitamin supplements
*CuraMed – throat lozenges
*Gerimax – ginseng products
*Gevita – vitamin supplements, mineral supplements, herbal remedies
*Litozin – rosehip powder
*Maxim – sports nutrition
*Möllers Tran – Omega-3 products
*Nutrilett – protein bars, dieting products
*Pikasol – Omega-3 supplements
*Sana-sol – vitamin supplements
*Triomar – Omega-3 supplements
*Vitaminbjørner – vitamin supplements
*Vivag – intimate care products
Pierre Robert Group
*La Mote – clothes
*Pierre Robert – clothes
Orkla Food Ingredients
*AMA – margarine
*Bakkedal – butter
*BaKo – baking equipment, cake decorations
*Bæchs Conditori – baked goods
*Candeco – cake decorations, ice cream decorations
*Credin – baking products
*Frima Vafler – ice cream cones
*Jästbolaget – yeast
*Kronjäst – yeast
*KåKå – baking products
*Mors Hjemmebakte – baking products
*Naturli' – organic beverages
*Nic – ice cream accessories
*Odense – marzipan, nougat, chocolate
*PureOil – cooking oil
*Sonneveld – professional baking products
Other investments
*
Gränges – aluminium (listed on the
Stockholm Stock Exchange
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)
*Hydro Power – power plants
**
Sarp Falls – power plant
**
AS Saudefaldene (85%) – power plant
*
Jotun (42.53%) – paint manufacturer
*Orkla Eiendom – real estate related to Orkla's own operations
References
External links
*
Orkla Annual Report 2017
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