GN Store Nord

The Great Northern (GN ) is a group of companies based in Denmark, which was founded in 1869 as a telecommunications network operators and on January 1, 1872 opened the telegraph from Europe via Russia to the Far East. In 1928 the Great Northern Holding was created as its holding company.

Officially, the company carries several names such as GN Store Nord A / S and The Great Northern Telegraph Company Ltd.. A / S Store Nord is the translation of Great Northern in the Danish language and also means Great Northern, A / S is an abbreviation for Aktiengesellschaft.

The GN was initiated by Carl Frederik Tietgens by the merger of newly established multinational European Telegrafiegesellschaften and an expanded business model. Tietgen reached an agreement with the Russian Tsar, exclusively to be able to lay submarine cables on the territory of Russia and operate and a line through Siberia to get laid. In 1870 the GN pulled the first submarine cables in Hong Kong on land. Around the year 1900 had the GN two networks of about 6,000 km each line length in Northern Europe and East Asia. The one joined France, Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, the other Russia, China, Hong Kong and Japan, and both joined the lifeline through Russia. The effort proved to be immensely and required a subsequent multiplication of the share capital. But from 1918 until 1945 was created for political reasons no other similar connection, which the GN made ​​for profitable companies in Denmark.

After the Second World War led the company through a major restructuring. After the turn of the millennium, most employees are concerned with medical technology and hence their most revenue. In addition to this division, the division GN ReSound GN Netcom is the second most important business area with headsets of the brand Jabra.

The former branch in Shanghai.