Who owns Jarlsberg?
Jarlsberg is owned by TINE (Norway).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: TINE Årsrapport 2025, TINE SA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- TINE SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Founded
- 1956
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Cheese
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jarlsberg
Jarlsberg is a sweet, nutty Norwegian cheese developed in the 1950s by Professor Ystgaard and his students at the Agricultural University of Norway; TINE marked its 65th anniversary in 2021 and its 70th in 2026. TINE calls it its biggest export product, and it is also made in the US and Ireland. Sales abroad were 14,000 tonnes in 2025, down 1,000 because of weaker US sales, even as it became the fastest-growing sliced hard cheese in British supermarkets.
Ownership timeline of Jarlsberg
Where Jarlsberg sits in TINE
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by TINE
TINE controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cheese, and who owns them
The 99 brands in cheese on Brandtree belong to 40 owners. The largest is Savencia Fromage & Dairy, with 9; TINE has 2.
About the owner: TINE
TINE is a cooperative headquartered in Norway. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
TINE is a Norwegian dairy co-operative whose members are the milk producers who supply its plants. The group passed NOK 30 billion in sales for the first time in 2025, reaching 30.1 billion, and 16 per cent of its revenue is earned abroad, with the United States its largest international market. Besides the parent, TINE owns the ice cream maker Diplom-Is outright and 51 per cent of the ready-meals company Fjordland, and it makes and sells cheese through Norseland in the US, Ilchester in Britain, Wernersson Ost in Sweden and TINE Ireland.
🇳🇴 Jarlsberg 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; Jarlsberg is not one of them.
- Freia — Mondelēz 🇺🇸
- Grandiosa — Orkla 🇳🇴
- Helios — Midsona 🇸🇪
- King Oscar — Thai Union 🇹🇭
- MOWI — Mowi 🇳🇴
- Aftenposten — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jarlsberg?
The parent company of Jarlsberg is TINE, a cooperative headquartered in Norway.
Is Jarlsberg Norwegian?
Yes. Jarlsberg originated in Norway in 1956 and its owner, TINE, is also headquartered in Norway.
Is Jarlsberg still owned by TINE?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Jarlsberg is still owned by TINE. 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] TINE Årsrapport 2025 — TINE SA, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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