Hjem-IS (

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

and

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 ...

), Hemglass ( Sweden) or Kotijäätelö (

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

), all meaning "Home Ice Cream", is a Nordic brand of

ice cream Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as ...

. It is known for its distribution system, being delivered to people's homes by its light blue

ice cream van An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (North American) is a commercial vehicle that serves as a mobile retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the spring and summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near ...

s and selling ice creams by the box, in contrast to ice cream vans other places in the world. In Sweden, the van has a

signature tune A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for. This is generally differentiated from a one-hit wonder in th ...

that is similar, but not identical to the Laurel and Hardy

theme music Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

; in Denmark, it rings a bell. Hemglass was founded by the Swedish Eric Ericsson in 1968. It spread its activities to other countries, establishing itself in Denmark in 1976, and in Norway and Finland in 1993. A parent company, Hjem-IS Europa A/S, existed from 1991 to 2008, and was headquartered in

Kolding Kolding () is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companie ...

, Denmark. The company also operated in the

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in certain regions from at least 1989 until the early 2000s. The group was a subsidiary of

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. (; ; ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since ...

from 2002 until 31 December 2013, when Nestlé sold the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish divisions to three different companies. The Finnish division has been closed The Swedish part, Hemglass, was sold to Varsego Sverige AB. In 2014, The Norwegian division was over by Isbjørn Is. Hjem-IS Denmark was sold to a group of 4 investors at no cost, merging it with their company ''Viking Is''. The combined entity was later sold to ice cream maker Premier Is, also a former Nestlé subsidiary and now owned by Food Union, in 2017.

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Hjem-IS (Denmark)

Hjem-IS (Norway)

Hemglass (Sweden)

Miscellaneous

Hjem-IS... en ikke helt almindelig iskiosk
— Interview with Hjem-IS Europa managing director Claus Astrup-Larsen and company background * {{Nestlé Food and drink companies of Denmark Retail companies of Denmark Danish companies established in 1968 Ice cream vans Nestlé brands Companies based in Aabenraa Municipality