Orkla: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Orkla (OSL: ORK) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Oslo, Norway that owns 5 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Orkla began as a Norwegian mining company in 1654 and reinvented itself as a branded consumer goods group through a long series of acquisitions. It owns the leading food brands across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, most of which are unknown outside the Nordic region but dominant within it.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Orkla ASA
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
- Founded
- 1654
- Tickers
- OSL: ORK
- Wikidata
- Q1755672
- Website
- www.orkla.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
Orkla in numbers
- Orkla owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is food with 4 brands.[1]
- 2 of its brands originated outside Norway.
Everything Orkla owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 5 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Orkla in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 549300PZS8G8RG6RVZ52
- Registered name
- ORKLA ASA (NO)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 5 October 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Orkla own?
Orkla owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Felix, Jordan, Stabburet, Grandiosa and Kalles Kaviar.
Is Orkla a Norwegian company?
Yes. Orkla is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and was founded in 1654.
Who owns Orkla?
Orkla is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as ORK on the OSL.
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] Orkla Foods — Orkla ASA, Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
- [2] Orkla Annual Report 2025 — Orkla ASA, Annual report, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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