Who owns Helios?
Helios, a food brand, is owned by Midsona (Sweden, STO: MSON B).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Midsona AB (publ) — Årsredovisning 2025, 8 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Midsona AB (publ) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Malmö
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Founded
- 1969
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Spices & seasonings
- Parent ticker
- STO: MSON B
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Helios
Helios started in Norway in 1969 as the country's first sales channel for organic food, and the brand now belongs to Midsona Norge. Its range is narrow and, by Midsona's account, profitable: spices without sugar or additives, oils, vinegar, pasta, rice, tofu, grains, nuts and dried fruit. In 2025 it added products aimed at the clean-eating trend that followed the new Nordic dietary guidelines.
Ownership timeline of Helios
Where Helios sits in Midsona
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Midsona
Midsona controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in food.
Also in food
- Bertil's
- Celnat
- Davert (1984)
- Earth Control
- Friggs (1968)
- Happy Bio
- Kung Markatta (1983)
- Risenta (1940)
- Vegetalia (1986)
Other brands in spices & seasonings, and who owns them
The 46 brands in spices & seasonings on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Patisen, with 5.
About the owner: Midsona
Midsona is a publicly listed company headquartered in Malmö, Sweden. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as STO: MSON B.
Midsona is a Malmö company that makes and sells health foods, organic and plant-based food and consumer-health products, mainly in Europe, through divisions for the Nordic countries, northern Europe and southern Europe. Its net sales were SEK 3,630 million in 2025, 64 per cent of them in its Nordic division. It moved beyond the Nordic region through acquisitions in Germany, France and Spain in 2018 and 2019, sells private label and licensed brands alongside its own, and its A and B shares trade on Nasdaq Stockholm.
🇳🇴 Helios and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 64 brands that began in Norway. 20 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Helios among them.
- Diplom-Is — TINE 🇳🇴
- Freia — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Grandiosa — Orkla 🇳🇴
- King Oscar — Thai Union 🇹🇭
- MOWI — Mowi 🇳🇴
- Aftenposten — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Helios?
The parent company of Helios is Midsona, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is Helios Norwegian or Swedish?
Helios originated in Norway in 1969, but it is owned today by Midsona, which is headquartered in Sweden. So Helios is a Norwegian-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Is Helios still owned by Midsona?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Helios is still owned by Midsona. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Midsona AB (publ) — Årsredovisning 2025 — Midsona AB, Annual report, published 8 April 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [2] Helios — Vår historie — Midsona Norge AS, Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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