Solo is an

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-flavoured

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, owned by the

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companies

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, Oskar Sylte, and Mack. The recipe was originally Spanish, and brought to the CEO of Tønsberg Bryggeri, Theodor W. Holmsen, by Torleif Gulliksrud in 1934. Solo quickly became Norway's most popular soft drink, and until the 1960s was bigger than

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in Norway.(28 May 1994)
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Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...

'' (in Norwegian, article on 60th anniversary of Solo) In 1999,

Pepsi Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and then shortened to Pepsi in 1961. History Pepsi was ...

passed Solo in market share, leaving Solo as third most popular.(13 April 2007)
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'' (in Norwegian) Solo also has a history in

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and is today produced by Vasa Bryggeri in

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. As of 2005, Solo has a seven percent share of the Norwegian soft drink market. Variants of the original Solo include Solo Super (no added sugar), Solo Sunset and Solrik (juice).

References

External links

Official web site
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