Who owns Sandels?
Sandels 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
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Lager
- Parent ticker
- HEL: OLVAS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sandels
Sandels is a Finnish beer brand from Olvi, the Iisalmi-based brewer that is Finland's third largest brewery and beverage maker. Olvi's 2025 annual report says Sandels has been Finland's most popular beer brand since 2021, and in summer 2025 it also won the consumer vote run by a large Finnish tabloid newspaper.
Ownership timeline of Sandels
Where Sandels 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
- The Helsinki Distilling Company (2014)
Other brands in lager, and who owns them
The 200 brands in lager on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is AB InBev, with 17; Olvi has 4.
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.
🇫🇮 Sandels 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; Sandels 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 Sandels?
The parent company of Sandels is Olvi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Finland.
Is Sandels Finnish?
Yes. Sandels originated in Finland and its owner, Olvi, is also headquartered in Finland.
Is Sandels still owned by Olvi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Sandels 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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