Kavli Foundation

Kavli Foundation

:"Not to be confused with Fred Kavli's The Kavli Foundation."Infobox Company
company_name = O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond
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company_type = Foundation
foundation = 1893
location = Bergen, Norway
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industry = Food
products =
revenue = profit NOK 1.3 billion (2004)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 560 (2004)
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homepage = [http://www.kavlifondet.no www.kavlifondet.no]
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Kavli Foundation, Kavlifondet or O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond is a Norwegian foundation based in Bergen that owns Kavli Holding AS that again owns major food brands including Kavli and Q-Melk. The foundations purpose is to provide funding for culture, science and charity. It was created in 1962 when Olav Kavli and his son Knut transferred their shares in the family company to the foundation. The foundations operations span twenty countries.


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