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{{Short description|Norwegian coffee company}}
{{For|people named Friele|Friele (surname)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Kaffehuset Friele AS
| logo = Friele logo.png
| image = Frielegården.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters of Friele in Bergen
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = 1799
| location = [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]
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| area_served = [[Norway]]
| industry = [[Coffee]]
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| parent = [[JDE Peet's]]
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| homepage = [http://www.friele.no www.friele.no]
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'''Friele''' (''Kaffehuset Friele'') is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[coffee]] manufacturer and [[brand]] based in Midtun, a commercial and residential district of the borough of [[Fana]] in [[Bergen]], Norway. Friele is the largest producer of coffee in Norway. It is part of [[JDE Peet's]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jacobsdouweegberts.com/brands/retail-brands/friele/ |title=Friele |access-date=2019-07-25 |archive-date=2019-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725145457/https://www.jacobsdouweegberts.com/brands/retail-brands/friele/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Company history ==
The company was started in 1799 when ship captain Herman Friele (1763–1843) landed in Bergen to start trading. He bought a property in Bergen and established an import business with emphasis  on coffee. Towards the middle of the 19th century, coffee consumption was growing due to falling prices from increased global production.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friele.no/uk/the_cofee_/|title=Friele's History|publisher=Friele|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722214838/http://www.friele.no/uk/the_cofee_/|archivedate=2011-07-22}}</ref> Herman Friele ran the company until his retirement in 1835, when his youngest son [[Berent Friele (1810–1897)|Berent Friele]] (1810–1897) took over. In 1862, he took two partners on board; his son [[Herman Friele (1838–1921)|Herman Friele]] (1838–1921) and son-in-law [[Alexander B. Grieg]]. The company name was also changed to ''B. Friele & Sønner''. Friele and Grieg owned the company together until 1897, when Grieg left and Friele's son [[Berent Friele (1862–1902)|Berent Friele]] (1862–1902) became partner. In 1900, the older Friele took another son [[Herman Friele (1877–1961)|Herman]] (1877–1961) on board as partner, and retired himself. When Berent died in 1902, Herman became the sole owner and remained so for many years. Berent's son [[Einar Friele]] became junior executive in 1925, but was killed during World War II.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kaffe-Friele 150 år|work=[[Aftenposten]]|date=28 December 1949|page=5|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
Friele was owned by the seventh generation and chairman [[Herman Friele]] until the sale of the company to DE Master Blenders 1753 in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://horecanytt.no/kaffehuset-friele-blir-til-jacobs-douwe-egberts-norge|title=Kaffehuset Friele blir til Jacobs Douwe Egberts Norge AS|date=June 9, 2015|website=horecanytt.no}}</ref> Friele buys its coffee beans from 9–10 different countries, mainly from [[Brazil]] and [[Kenya]]. Until the mid-1980s most of the coffee was sold in Western and Northern Norway, but since it has expanded throughout the country. The present plant was constructed in 1981.
[[Friele Frokost Kaffe]] is the leading brand with a [[market share]] of 29%. Friele's product line also includes the brands [[Kronekaffe]] and [[Café Noir]]. Collectively all the Friele coffee brands have a total national market share of 35%.
== See also ==
* [[List of oldest companies]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.friele.no/ Kaffehuset Friele official website]
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[[Category:JDE Peet's]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of Norway]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1799]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Bergen]]
[[Category:Coffee brands]]
[[Category:1799 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:Norwegian brands]]
[[Category:Norwegian companies established in 1799]]
[[Category:Coffee in Europe]]
[[Category:Agriculture companies of Norway]]