Who owns Royal?
Royal, a food brand from Norway, is owned by TINE (Norway), which has owned the brand since 1991.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Founded
- 1991
- Category
- Food › Frozen food › Ice cream
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Royal
Royal is the premium ice cream brand of Diplom-Is, made since 1991 with fresh Norwegian cream and real vanilla. Diplom-Is says Royal Trippel Original has been Norway's best-selling single-serve ice cream eight years running, and that the black tub of Royal Vanilje is the country's best-selling ice cream for serving. TINE named Royal the growth driver for Diplom-Is in every category in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Royal
Where Royal 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 ice cream, and who owns them
The 74 brands in ice cream on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is The Magnum Ice Cream Company, with 14; TINE has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Ben & Jerry's | The Magnum Ice Cream Company | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bravo Cone | Binggrae | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Drumstick | Froneri | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Dippin' Dots | J&J Snack Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Deluxe | Mengniu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Choco Monaka Jumbo | Morinaga | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Gala | Paradise Foods | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Ice Vegas | Poulina | 🇹🇳 Tunisia |
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.
🇳🇴 Royal 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; Royal 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 Royal?
The parent company of Royal is TINE, a cooperative headquartered in Norway.
Is Royal Norwegian?
Yes. Royal originated in Norway in 1991 and its owner, TINE, is also headquartered in Norway.
Since when has TINE owned Royal?
TINE has owned Royal since 1991.
Is Royal still owned by TINE?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Royal 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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