- Ringnes
Ringnes is the largest brewer in
Norway . It was founded in1876 by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes (Amund was the brewer, Ellef the administrator and salesman) and financial director Axel Heiberg. The company's brewery in theGrünerløkka district ofOslo produced its first beer in 1877.The company sponsored the polar expeditions of
Fridtjof Nansen andOtto Sverdrup . During his exploration of the high Canadian Arctic in 1900, Sverdrup named three large islands after his sponsors (Axel Heiberg Island ,Amund Ringnes Island , andEllef Ringnes Island ). TheGeiberg Islands (Гейберга Острова) in theRussia n Arctic were named after Axel Heiberg and "Ostrov Ringnes", Остров Рингнес, the largest island of the Mona group in theKara Sea , has been named after this Norwegian brewery.Ringnes remained a family-owned business until 1978, when it merged with De sammensluttede Bryggerier A/S (which had been formed by the union of drinks companies Frydenlund and Schous) forming
Nora Industrier . Nora in turn merged withOrkla Group in 1991. Orkla placed Ringnes into a combined business unit, together with Swedish brewerPripps . In 2000 Orkla made a deal with Danish drinks giantCarlsberg whereby Pripps Ringnes became a part of Carlsberg, in exchange for Orkla owning 40% of Carlsberg. When, in 2004, Carlsberg bought out Orkla's shares, Ringnes was for the first time entirely owned by a foreign company. Christian Ringnes, a descendant of the founder told daily business newspaper "Dagens Næringsliv " that "a country without a leading beer brand is like a man without potency" [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article740173.ece "Orkla bosses can gain on Ringnes sale"] , "Aftenposten ",26 February 2004, URL retrieved 19 June 2006] , and called the sale a national catastrophe [ [http://www.cphpost.dk/get/75736.html "Ringnes: Carlsberg buyout a national catastrophy"] "Copenhagen Post ", 20 February 2004, URL retrieved 18 June 2006] .Ringnes is the sole bottler and distributor of
PepsiCo beverages in Norway.Ringnes products
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7UP /7UPfree
*Dahls Ingefærøl
*Imsdal
*Lipton Ice Tea
*Farris
*Mountain Dew
*Mozell
*Eventyrbrus
*Tou Eplemost
*Nora Eplemost
*Sino Appelsinjuice
*Solo
*Pepsi
*Schweppes range
*VillaReferences
General references
* [http://www.ringnes.no/OMRINGNES/Sider/Forside.aspx About Ringnes] , Ringes corporate webpage (in Norwegian)
* [http://www.orkla.com/eway/default.aspx?pid=229&trg=Main_6311&Main_6311=6331:0:4,3266:1:0:0:::0:0 "Major events in the history of Orkla"] , Orkla ASA corporate webpage (in English)pecific references
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