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{{Short description|Norwegian brewery}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
[[File:Ringnes Brewery in Oslo.png|thumb|Ringnes Brewery Headquarters Oslo]]
'''Ringnes''' is the largest brewer in [[Norway]].<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Ringnes_AS "Ringnes AS" (Store norske leksikon)]. Snl.no. Retrieved on 2 July 2011.</ref> Ringnes is part of the [[Carlsberg Group]].
==History==
Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the [[Grünerløkka]] district of [[Oslo]] produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes (Amund was the brewer, Ellef the administrator and salesman) together with financial director [[Axel Heiberg]]. Amund Ringnes (1840–1907) and Ellef Ringnes (1842–1929), were both born and grew up on the historic Ringnes farm in [[Krødsherad]].<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Amund_Ringnes/norsk_bryggerieier_1840-1907 "Amund Ringnes" (Store norske leksikon)]. Snl.no. Retrieved on 2 July 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.snl.no/Ellef_Ringnes "Ellef Ringnes" (Store norske leksikon)]. Snl.no. Retrieved on 2 July 2011.</ref>
Ringnes produces beer, soft drinks and mineral water. Ringnes has six production plants: [[Nittedal]] (main plant [[Gjelleråsen]]), [[Trondheim]] (EC Dahl's Brewery), [[Arendal]] (Arendals Brewery), [[Bodø]] ([[Nordland]] brewery), [[Larvik]] ([[Farris (mineral water)|Farris mineral water]]) and Imsdalen in [[Østerdalen]] (Imsdalfabrikken).
The company sponsored the polar expeditions of [[Fridtjof Nansen]] and [[Otto Sverdrup]] and funded the construction of the exploration vessel ''[[Fram (ship)|Fram]]''. During his exploration of the high Canadian Arctic in 1900, Sverdrup named three large islands after his sponsors ([[Axel Heiberg Island]], [[Amund Ringnes Island]], and [[Ellef Ringnes Island]]). The [[Geiberg Islands]] (Гейберга Острова) in the [[Russia]]n Arctic were named after Axel Heiberg, and Ostrov Ringnes (Остров Рингнес), the largest island of the [[Mona Islands|Mona]] group in the [[Kara Sea]], was named after the brewery.<ref>[http://www.ringnesgaard.no/ "Mer enn 1000 års historie" (Ringnes Gård)]. Ringnesgaard.no. Retrieved on 2 July 2011.</ref>
Ringnes remained a family-owned business until 1978, when it merged with De sammensluttede Bryggerier A/S (which had been formed by the union of drinks companies Frydenlund and [[Schou Brewery|Schou]]) forming [[Nora Industrier]]. Later they also bought family-owned traditional brands as [[E. C. Dahls Brewery]] (1987), Arendals (1980) and [[Tou (brewery)|Tou]] (1990).<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Nora_Industrier "Nora Industrier" (Store norske leksikon)]. Snl.no. Retrieved on 2 July 2011.</ref>
Nora in turn merged with [[Orkla Group]] in 1991. Orkla placed Ringnes into a combined business unit, together with Swedish brewer [[Pripps]]. In 2000 Orkla made a deal with [[Denmark|Danish]] drinks giant [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] whereby Pripps Ringnes became a part of Carlsberg, in exchange for Orkla owning 40% of Carlsberg. When, in 2004, Carlsberg bought out Orkla's shares, Ringnes was for the first time entirely owned by a foreign company. Christian Ringnes, a descendant of the founders<!--which one?--> told daily business newspaper ''[[Dagens Næringsliv]]'' that "a country without a leading beer brand is like a man without potency",<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article740173.ece "Orkla bosses can gain on Ringnes sale"], ''[[Aftenposten]]'',26 February 2004, URL retrieved 19 June 2006</ref> and called the sale a national catastrophe.<ref>[http://www.cphpost.dk/get/75736.html "Ringnes: Carlsberg buyout a national catastrophe"] ''[[Copenhagen Post]]'', 20 February 2004, URL retrieved 18 June 2006  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040830161410/http://www.cphpost.dk/get/75736.html |date=30 August 2004 }}</ref>
== Ringnes products ==
*Ringnes Pilsner
*Ringnes Gold
*Ringnes Platinum
*Ringnes Bayer
*Ringnes Julebrus
*Corona Extra (bottler and distributor)
*[[Schweppes]] (bottler and distributor)
*Frydenlund
*[[Schou Brewery|Schous]]
*Munkholm
*Vørterøl
*[[E. C. Dahls Brewery|Dahls Ingefærøl]]
*Dahls julebrus
*[[Imsdal]] mountain spring water
*[[Farris (mineral water)|Farris]] mineral water
*[[Mozell]]
*[[Eventyrbrus]]
*[[Tou (brewery)|Tou Eplemost]]
*Tou Pilsner
*[[Nora Industrier|Nora Eplemost]]
*[[Sino Appelsinjuice]]
*[[Solo (Norwegian soft drink)|Solo]]
*[[Villa (soft drink)|Villa]]
*[[Battery Energy Drink]] (bottler and distributor)
Ringnes is the sole bottler and distributor of [[PepsiCo]] beverages in Norway; these products include:
*[[7 Up]] / [[7 Up Free]]
*[[Mountain Dew]]
*[[Pepsi]]
*[[Pepsi Max]]
*[[Lipton Ice Tea]] (bottler and distributor)
*[[Gatorade]] (bottler and distributor)
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ringnes.no/OMRINGNES/Sider/Forside.aspx Ringes Corporate Webpage]
* [http://www.orkla.com/eway/default.aspx?pid=229&trg=Main_6311&Main_6311=6331:0:4,3266:1:0:0:::0:0 Orkla ASA Corporate Webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316085758/http://www.orkla.com/eway/default.aspx?pid=229&trg=Main_6311&Main_6311=6331:0:4,3266:1:0:0:::0:0 |date=16 March 2007 }}
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