Royal GreenlandA/S is afishing company inGreenland, spun off fromKalaallit Niuerfiat in 1990[1][3] but still wholly owned by theGovernment of Greenland.[2] The company operates in a number of towns and settlements in Greenland, with 20 fish processing plants and ship bases of local subsidiary units.[4] Some of the processing plants were closed between 2007 and 2009.[5] Royal Greenland had an annual net profit ofDKK 335 million before tax in 2016.[6]
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Company type | Aktieselskab,Food cooperative |
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Industry | Seafood Fishing |
Founded | 1990 (1990)[1] |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Seafood Caviar Commercial fishing Fish processing Convenience Smoked andMarinated fish Dried fish |
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Number of employees | 2,769(2016) |
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Website | royalgreenland.com |
Footnotes / references (2012[2]) |
History
editTheRoyal Greenland Trading Department was founded in 1774 as aDano-Norwegianstate enterprise charged with administering the Danish settlements and trade inGreenland. The company's monopoly was finally ended in 1950 and theHome Rule Government, introduced in 1979, gained control in 1986,[7][8] first renaming it "Kalaallit Niuerfiat"[3] and then, in 1992, "KNI".[9] The company's fishing operations were spun off as Royal Greenland A/S in 1990.[1]
See also
edit- Economy of Greenland, where Royal Greenland's fish make up more than half of all exports
- List of seafood companies
References
edit- ^abcRoyal Greenland. "Our HistoryArchived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine". Royalgreenland.com, Accessed 27 August 2010.
- ^ab"Royal Greenland". Archived fromthe original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved2013-03-31.
- ^abCulture Greenland. "Preliminary Studies in KGH's Photo-ArchiveArchived 2012-03-06 at theWayback Machine". Accessed 2 May 2012.
- ^Royal Greenland. "Our Greenlandic production facilities". Royalgreenlan.dcom, Accessed 27 Aug 2010.
- ^Sermitsiaq. "Royal Greenland closes fish purchasing facilities". 19 Jan 2009. Accessed 27 Aug 2010.
- ^"Facts & Figures".Royalgreenland.co.uk. 6 February 2017. Retrieved19 November 2018.
- ^MIPI. "Pilersuisoq KNI A/SArchived 2015-07-21 at theWayback Machine". Mipi.nanoq.gl, Accessed 2 May 2012.(in Danish)
- ^Dahl, Jens.Saqqaq: An Inuit Hunting Community in the Modern World. Univ. of Toronto Press, 2000.
- ^KNI. "Kort historie om KNIArchived 2012-04-23 at theWayback Machine [A Short History of KNI]". Accessed 28 Apr 2012.(in Danish)
External links
edit- Media related toRoyal Greenland at Wikimedia Commons