Who owns The Helsinki Distilling Company?
The Helsinki Distilling Company is owned by Olvi (Finland, HEL: OLVAS).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Olvi Group Annual Report 2025, Olvi plc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Olvi plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Iisalmi
- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Helsinki
- Founded
- 2014
- Category
- Beverages › Spirits › Gin
- Parent ticker
- HEL: OLVAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Helsinki Distilling Company
The Helsinki Distilling Company is a Helsinki distiller founded in 2014 and wholly owned by Olvi. It makes hand-crafted distillates, including an internationally award-winning gin that Olvi also uses in its own products and malt whiskies that Olvi says are known worldwide. It also owns Helsingin tislaamoravintola, its distillery restaurant company.
Ownership timeline of The Helsinki Distilling Company
Where The Helsinki Distilling Company sits in Olvi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Olvi
Olvi controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- A. Le Coq (1807)
- Cēsu Alus (1590)
- Jolly Cola
- KevytOlo
- Olvi (1878)
- Olvi Vichy
- Piebalgas Alus
- Sandels
Other brands in gin, and who owns them
The 20 brands in gin on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Diageo, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon's | Diageo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Copper House Dry Gin | Adnams | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Siginia | Alexandrion Group | 🇷🇴 Romania |
| Cross Keys Gin | Amber Beverage Group | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Bombay Sapphire | Bacardi | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| Lord Roberts | Demerara Distillers | 🇬🇾 Guyana |
| Crafter's | Liviko | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Beefeater | Pernod Ricard | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Olvi
Olvi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Iisalmi, Finland, founded in 1878. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as HEL: OLVAS.
Olvi is a Finnish beverage company founded in Iisalmi in 1878, still headquartered there and quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki. It produces about one billion litres a year of beer, water, cider, long drinks, soft drinks, juice and energy drinks, with subsidiaries in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark and Belarus. Net sales were EUR 665.3 million in 2025, and the Olvi Foundation held 52.67 per cent of the votes. It also makes and distributes international brands under partnerships, which it does not own.
🇫🇮 The Helsinki Distilling Company and other Finnish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Finland. 23 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Helsinki Distilling Company is not one of them.
- Juhla Mokka — Paulig 🇫🇮
- Lapin Kulta — Royal Unibrew 🇩🇰
- Marli — Eckes-Granini 🇩🇪
- Arabia — Fiskars Group 🇫🇮
- Atria — Atria 🇫🇮
- Benecol — Raisio 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Helsinki Distilling Company?
The parent company of The Helsinki Distilling Company is Olvi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is The Helsinki Distilling Company Finnish?
Yes. The Helsinki Distilling Company originated in Finland in 2014 and its owner, Olvi, is also headquartered in Finland.
Is The Helsinki Distilling Company still owned by Olvi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, The Helsinki Distilling Company is still owned by Olvi. 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] Olvi Group Annual Report 2025 — Olvi plc, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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