Who owns Friland?
Friland is owned by Danish Crown (Denmark).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Danish Crown 2024-2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Danish Crown A/S reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fresh meat & poultry
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Friland
Friland is Danish Crown's organic and free-range meat brand. The 2024/25 annual report says Friland produces and sells organic and free-range meat, which represents the highest level of animal welfare in Danish Crown, and that demand rose in both Europe and North America in 2024/25. The report notes a very high premium payment to organic farmers.
Ownership timeline of Friland
- Current owner Danish Crown [1] reported
Where Friland sits in Danish Crown
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Danish Crown
Danish Crown controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh meat & poultry, and who owns them
The 56 brands in fresh meat & poultry on Brandtree belong to 27 owners. The largest is LDC, with 6; Danish Crown has 2.
About the owner: Danish Crown
Danish Crown is a cooperative headquartered in Denmark, founded in 1887. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control.
Danish Crown is a farmer-owned food company headquartered in Denmark. Its 2024/25 annual report says it was founded in 1887, is a cooperative owned by 4,850 Danish farmers through Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown AmbA, and has operations in 28 countries and 23,156 employees. It reports a Foods division in Denmark, plus Sokołów in Poland and KLS in Sweden. The Swedish brands of KLS and the Polish brands of Sokołów are sold through those subsidiaries.
Danish Crown: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇰 Friland and other Danish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 100 brands that began in Denmark. 25 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Friland is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Friland?
The parent company of Friland is Danish Crown, a cooperative headquartered in Denmark.
Is Friland Danish?
Yes. Friland originated in Denmark and its owner, Danish Crown, is also headquartered in Denmark.
Is Friland still owned by Danish Crown?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Friland is still owned by Danish Crown. 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] Danish Crown 2024-2025 Annual Report — Danish Crown, Annual report; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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