Ringnes is Norway’s leading beverage company producing beer, water and soft drinks.

The company was founded in 1876 by two brothers – Amund and Ellef Ringnes. Today, Ringnes has five production plants and its main brewery, just outside Oslo, is one of the most modern in Europe.  The other breweries are located in Trondheim (the former E C Dahl Brewery), Arendal (formerly Arendal Brewery), Larvik (formerly Farrisfabrikken) and Imsdal (formerly Imsdalfabrikken). 

Carlsberg acquired the sole ownership of Ringnes in 2004.

Despite a decline in prices, increased competition and over-capacity, Ringnes has fought the competition and sustained a market share of more than 52%. As an innovative company which is constantly evaluating the market opportunities, Ringnes has taken advantage of the trends in water, sugar-free soft drinks and non-alcoholic beer - a range of products which has enjoyed incredible growth over the past year.

 

KEY DATES:

1839: Arendal Brewery founded
1855: Tou Brewery established in Stavanger
1856: E C Dahl Brewery founded in Trondheim
1859: Frydenlund Brewery founded in Kristiania
1876: Ringnes Brewery founded in Kristiania
1914: Farris established in Larvik
1988: Merger between Nora and Ringnes Frydenlund creates the modern Ringnes
1995: Ringnes merges with Swedish Pripps Brewery and changes name to Pripps Ringnes AB
1997: Orkla acquires Volvo’s shares in Pripps Ringnes and becomes 100% owner
2001: Carlsberg and Orkla merge brewing activities
2004: Carlsberg acquires Orkla shares to become sole owner

 

KEY FACTS:

Sites: 5
Employees: 1.500
Market Position: 1
Market Share: 52% 
Beer consumption per person: 67 litres/year
Carlsberg Ownership:  100%

 

MANAGEMENT:

 CEO: Ole Petter Wie  CFO: Roar Funder
 CEO Ole Petter Wie  

 

BRANDS: 

Carlsberg, Tuborg, Ringnes, Dahls, Tou, Arendals, Lysholmer, Frydenlund, Nordland, Soft drinks, still and sparkling waters. 

 

CONTACTS:

Ringnes a.s.
Thorvald Meyersgate 2
P.O. Box 7152
0307 Oslo
Norway

Tel.: +47 22 06 9500
Fax: +47 22 06 9770

Website: www.ringnes.no, www.imsdal.no, and www.farris.no

 

MEDIA CONTACT:  

Hanne Bügel
Communications Manager
Tel.: + 47 95 21 3707
E-mail: hanne.buegel@ringnes.no  

 

DID YOU KNOW THAT ..? 

  • The excise duty on alcoholic drinks is extremely high in Norway
  • Norway has a ban on any kind of advertising for alcohol
  • The right to use the Olympic rings in the marketing of Vørter beer was sold by Frydenlund Brewery to Norway’s Olympic committee in 1970 for NKR 1.00.  However Ringnes is still allowed to use the Olympic rings on the Vørter beer bottle

 

Revised 2009