Posten Bring
 | |
| Company type | State-owned (Aksjeselskap) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 17 January 1647 |
| Founder | Henrik Morian |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Key people | Tone Wille (CEO) Anne Carine Tanum (Chairman) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | NOK 12.5 billion (2014)[1] |
13,000,000 Norwegian krone (2019)  | |
Number of employees | 12,561 |
| Parent | Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries |
| Subsidiaries | ErgoGroup Nor-Cargo Frigoscandia Box CityMail Pan Nordic Logistics Bring |
| Website | www.postenbring.no |
Posten Bring formerly named Posten Norge (lit. 'The Mail, Norway') is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications had a monopoly until 2016 on distribution of letters weighing less than 50g throughout the country. There are 30[2] post offices in Norway, in addition to 1400 outlets in retail stores.[3]
History
Posten was founded in January 1647 as Postvesenet ("the postal system") by general post master Henrik Morian. It was established as a private company, and King Christian IV gave his blessing to the founding of the company. Postvesenet was privately run until 1719, when the state took over. From that point on, national postal service was a state monopoly. Local city postal services remained private, but in 1888 a new postal law was introduced which expanded the monopoly to the entire country.[4]
In 1933, Postvesenet was renamed Postverket. In 1996, Posten Norge BA was established as a state-owned company in which the Norwegian state had limited liability. In 2002 Posten changed its corporate structure to that of a stock company, to prepare the company for the expected deregulation of the Norwegian postal market. Posten Bring AS is still fully owned by the Norwegian state and the liberalization process has been postponed until 2011 by the government.[5]
The postal service [6] is divided into four divisions: Post, Logistics, Distribution Network and ErgoGroup AS. The latter specialized in electronic services and outsourcing. ErgoGroup merged with EDB to form Evry ASA, which Posten now jointly owns with the Norwegian multinational telecommunications company Telenor ASA.[7] [8][9]
Expansion
In 2002 Posten Bring acquired 57% of the shares of a private Swedish postal company, CityMail and acquired the remaining 43% in the first quarter of 2006. Norway Posten Bring also owns, or partly owns Nor-Cargo as well as Frigoscandia, Pan Nordic Logistics, Scanex B.V., Nettlast Hadeland, many of which have their own subsidiaries.[10]
See also
- PostNord Sverige, the Swedish postal service
- When Harry Met Santa (TV advert for the company)
- List of oldest companies
References
- ^ "Official accounting numbers from proff.no". 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ^ John Thomas Aarø (2012-06-17). "Reisen fra 3.500 til 30 postkontorer - Media - E24". E24.no. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ "Posten NrAS". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "Milestones in Norway Post's history". postennorge.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "Østre Borgesyssel prosti". arkivportalen. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Norway Post Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Divisions and corporate staff units Archived December 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Torbjørn Skramstad. "Telenor ASA". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Torbjørn Skramstad. "Evry ASA". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "Nor-Cargo". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.