Who owns 18 Islands?
18 Islands is owned by Bakkafrost (Faroe Islands, OSL: BAKKA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Bakkafrost Integrated Annual Report 2025, P/F Bakkafrost, 27 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- P/F Bakkafrost reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands, Glyvrar
- Origin
- 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- OSL: BAKKA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About 18 Islands
18 Islands is Bakkafrost's premium consumer brand for Faroese salmon, placed in the 2025 annual report's brand diagram alongside Heimland as a business-to-consumer brand of Faroese origin and described on its own packaging as the finest selection from the Faroe Islands. It is the most elaborately presented product in the range: the same report shows it on a black presentation box holding a single smoked salmon side, rather than on everyday fillets.
Ownership timeline of 18 Islands
- Current owner Bakkafrost [1] reported
Where 18 Islands sits in Bakkafrost
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Bakkafrost
Bakkafrost controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
Bakkafrost has more brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 38.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher Boy | High Liner Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: Bakkafrost
Bakkafrost is a publicly listed company headquartered in Glyvrar, Faroe Islands, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as OSL: BAKKA.
Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farmer, established at Glyvrar in 1968 by the brothers Hans and Róland Jacobsen and listed on Oslo Børs since 2010. It farms in the Faroe Islands and, since buying The Scottish Salmon Company in the fourth quarter of 2019, in Scotland, and it makes its own feed at Havsbrún in Fuglafjørður. In 2025 it harvested 106,823 tonnes gutted weight on operating revenues of DKK 7.0 billion, with 1,635 employees and sales into more than 40 countries. It runs its own cargo aircraft so that fresh salmon reaches the United States and China within a day of leaving the water.
🇫🇴 18 Islands and other Faroese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 8 brands that began in Faroe Islands. 3 of them (38%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; 18 Islands is not one of them.
- Atlantic Airways — Atlantic Airways 🇫🇴
- Miklagarður — Hagar 🇮🇸
- Mylnan — Hagar 🇮🇸
- SMS — Hagar 🇮🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of 18 Islands?
The parent company of 18 Islands is Bakkafrost, a publicly listed company headquartered in Faroe Islands.
Is 18 Islands Faroese?
Yes. 18 Islands originated in Faroe Islands and its owner, Bakkafrost, is also headquartered in Faroe Islands.
Is 18 Islands still owned by Bakkafrost?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, 18 Islands is still owned by Bakkafrost. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Bakkafrost Integrated Annual Report 2025 — P/F Bakkafrost, Annual report, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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