Ringnes
Ringnes is a traditional Norwegian brewery. Today it is one of the largest beer producers in Europe, the Danish Carlsberg group.
History
The company was founded in 1876 by brothers Amund Ringnes ( 1840-1907 ) and Ellef Ringnes ( 1842-1929 ) - Amund was the brewer, Ellef the sales manager - and the former Swedish-Norwegian Vice Consul in Shanghai, Axel Heiberg founded. The brewery, based in Oslo produced its first beer in 1877.
The company Ringnes also promoted the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen. During his exploration of the Canadian Arctic regions during the years 1898-1902 named Sverdrup three large islands after its sponsors:
- Axel Heiberg Island
- Amund Ringnes Island -
- Ellef - Ringnes Island.
Business development
Until 1978 Ringnes was purely a family. Later, the brewery merged with smaller Norwegian companies, which were in turn taken over gradually by the Orkla Group. 2004 acquired the Carlsberg brewery, the majority shares of the Orkla Group, with the result that since Ringnes is in possession of the Danish society.