Our story

To Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde, ensuring Scandinavian ownership of Scandinavian household food brands and ensuring great taste and quality, and sustainability has become equally important.

Entrepreneurs

Both Jan and Stig were born into entrepreneurial families, and they both have extensive experience working in major, international corporations. Indeed, they met as colleagues in Carlsberg, a world-leading brewery group.

There were obviously risks involved. The financial crisis that seemed to have pulled the rug from under the entire world economy was not enough to make them reconsider their ambition. In fact, they viewed the crash as an upside, confident that their idea would be as relevant in good times as in bad.

Born in an converted elevator shaft

The first Scandza head office was in a 15 square metres converted elevator shaft with two desks and a flip chart.

In June of 2008, the acquisition of Sørlandschips, probably Norway’s strongest snacks brand, became a reality, and soon, leading dairy brand Synnøve Finden followed.

Scandza is determined to continue to grow from its current stronghold as a leading Scandinavian consumer brands player. The success-formula, our promise to consumers encapsulated in our “Proud to serve oru kids”-DNA, will remain unchanged as our most important competitive advantage.

The Scandza way

Jan and Stig are convinced that many of Scandza’s strengths are in the company’s entrepreneurial culture. To them, being an entrepreneur means you are ready to think on your feet, take risks, learn from your mistakes and use them as a resource going forward.