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overview
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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. Context is provided
by the broader communications and media timeline.
1847 Carlsberg Brewery founded
1856 Enskilda Bank founded by Andre Oscar Wallenberg
1986 mining, finance and media group Orkla merges with
Borregaard wood processing,chemicals and consumer products
group
1991 Orkla Borregaard merges with Nora Industrier consumer
goods group
1995 buys Procordia Food fromVolvo
1995 buys Abba Seafood from Volvo
1995 merges Ringnes beverage group with Volvo's Pripps
beverage group
1996 buys stake in Rzeczpospolita from Hersant
for US$45m
1996 buys 50% of Yaroslavl Brewery Plc in Russia
1996 buys 50% of Slavutich brewery in Ukraine
1996 sells German arm of Abba Seafood
1996 sells Abba Seafood factories in Løgstør and Fredrikshavn,
Denmark
1996 swaps stake in Frionor A/S for 16% of Norway Seafoods
ASA (NWS)
1997 sells Hansa Bryggeri beer and softdrink company
1997 sells Ringstads Ferskvare sausage operation
1997 takes 65% stake in Poland's Kotlin Foods frozen pizza,
ketchup, jam and canned vegetables group
1997 buys remaining stake in Pripps
1997 takes stake in Offshore Heavy Transport ASA
1998 sells Viking footwear company
1998 increases interest in Lithuanian brewery Utenos Alus
to 95%
1999 buys marzipan and bakery ingredients supplier KåKå
1999 sells Norwegian flour mills
2000 buys breweries in Belarus and Turkey
2000 merges beverage operations with Carlsberg Brewery
group
2000 buys 76% of Det Berlingske Officin publishing group
for €209m
2000 sells stake in NetCom
2000 forms Orkla Enskilda Securities
2000 buys 43% of Opoint data services
2002 sells its 21.2% holding in Hartwall
2006 announces sale of publishing operations to Mecom
for €900m
2007 Mecom agrees to sell Lithuanian Kauno diena
newspaper to UAB Hermis Capital
2007 Mecom makes €800m bid for Wegener
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