Apokjeden

Infobox Company
company_name = Apokjeden AS
company_
company_type = Subsidiary
foundation = 1995
founder =
location = Oslo, Norway
key_people = Øyvind Winther (CEO)
area_served = Norway
industry = Pharmacies
products =
services =
revenue = profit NOK 5,592 million (2006)
operating_income = NOK 325 million (2006)
net_income = NOK 221 million (2006)
num_employees = 86 (2007)
parent = Tamro
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.apotek1.no apotek1.no]
footnotes =
international = yes

Apokjeden is a Norwegian pharmacy wholesaler and retailer owned by Finnish Tamro. It owns the largest pharmacy chain in Norway, Apotek 1. The company started a cooperation with a number of pharmacists who wanted a wholesaler independent of the state owned Norsk Medisinaldepot in 1995, when most pharmacies in the country joined the company. 1997 saw the first attempts to brand the pharmacies, as Plussapotek. The first branded pharmacy as Apotek 1 was launched in 1999 in Manglerud Senter. In 2001, the pharmacy market was deregulated, and Tamro was at first chosen as a wholesaler, before eventually buying the entire company in 2004.