SOLD: Oslo’s Helly Hansen
Oslo sportswear clothing company Helly Hansen AS, a subsidiary of Helly Hansen Holding AS (HH) is to be purchased by general merchandising company Canadian Tire…
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Norwegian stamps sold for NOK 2 million
A block of Norway’s first postage stamps were sold for 2 million kroner at an auction in Geneva. Frantz-Caspar Moldenhauer of the company, Skanfil…
Diamond sold for NOK 274 million
The biggest diamond ever put on sale at auction went under The hammer in Geneva for NOK 274 million, Christie’s Auction House has disclosed. …
33 per cent fewer new homes are sold
33 per cent fewer new homes are sold Since mid-August, 2,456 homes have been sold in Norway. That is 33 per cent fewer than in…
Family owned Leiv Vidar devoured by food giant
Family owned Leiv Vidar devoured by food giant The family company Leiv Vidar has been sold to the food giant Scandza. The sausage manufacturer from…
The Wine Monopoly sold 1.077 litres per minute on Easter Saturday
When the Wine Monopoly (Vinmonopolet) for the first time in history was open on Easter Eve, the sales figures were far above an ordinary Saturday….
Aker Solutions is to be sold out of the country
The Aker Group, owned by Kjell Inge Røkke, is about to sell the oil services company Aker Solutions to US based Halliburton, according to Finansavisen….
4,000 more new homes sold this year
Sales of new homes rose by 4,000 in 2016 compared with 2015 and 8,800 more than in 2014. The market for new housing is growing…
NRK: TV series “Skam” sold to USA
The youth TV series “Skam” (Shame) has been sold to USA, and an American version is scheduled to be produced as soon as 2017, NRK…
Letter sent from Norwegian ship sold for 720,000 kroner
A letter sent from a Norwegian passenger ship in 1860 was recently sold for 720,000 million at an auction. The envelope was stamped with several…
Munch painting sold for just over 472 million
Edvard Munch’s ‘Girls on the Bridge’ (Pikene på broen) went under the hammer for just over NOK 472 million when it was auctioned in New…
“The Stream” sold to USA
The biggest TV export from Norway ever has just occured. This autumn Norwegian TV viewers looked at participants in “The Stream” sing on Friday night….
The state has sold shares in SAS
Thursday morning, the Norwegian government sold 9.2 million shares in the airline SAS, and got approximately 132 million kroner from the trade. This means the…
Statoil has sold operations in the US
Statoil has completed the sale of its operations in the Marcellus shale in the US state of West Virginia. July 8th, Statoil sold holdings in…
Norway increased the sale of equipment to war players in Yemen
In one year, Norway has increased its sales of civilian and military equipment to countries participating in the Saudi-led coalition in the civil war in…
Opera Software is sold to China
The Norwegian software company Opera Software is likely to be sold to China for over 10 billion Norwegian kroner. The Chinese takeover bid had as…