# Kavli Trust

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Norwegian food company

Not to be confused with the unrelated [Kavli Foundation (United States)](/source/Kavli_Foundation_(United_States)).

O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond Type Foundation Industry Food Founded 1890 Headquarters Bergen, Norway Revenue NOK 1.3 billion (2004) Number of employees 560 (2004) Website www.kavlifondet.no

**Kavli Trust** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): **Kavlifondet** or **O. Kavli og Knut Kavlis Almennyttige Fond** in full) is a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [foundation](/source/Stiftelse) based in [Bergen](/source/Bergen) that owns **Kavli Holding AS** that in its turn, owns major food brands including [Kavli](/source/Kavli) and [Q-meieriene](/source/Q-meieriene).[1][2]

Kavli Holding AS. Bergen, the Norwegian food group founded in 1893 by [Olav Kavli](/source/Olav_Kavli) as a wholesale company in cheese products. Kavli exports began around 1910, when the company was first introduced on the [Norwegian-American](/source/Norwegian-American) market in the U.S. with exports such as goat cheese. Just before the [World War I](/source/World_War_I) began, Kavli began to produce more of the goods themselves, both canned and cheeses. In 1920, Kavli introduced [Primula](/source/Primula_(food)), a mild cheese with great durability (*smelteost*) . Today, the company sells produce in 30 countries from plants located in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, England and Scotland.[3][4]

After the death of his father in 1958, Knut Kavli (1890-1965) bought up most shares in the O. Kavli A / S. Kavli Foundation was created 25 April 1962, when Knut Kavli transferred his shares in the family company to the foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to provide funding for [culture](/source/Culture), [science](/source/Science) and [charity](/source/Charity_(practice)). The foundations operations span twenty countries.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*The Kavli Trust History*](https://kavlifondet.no/en/2022/04/kavli-trusts-60th-anniversary-a-trust-is-born/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*The Kavli Trust by-laws*](https://kavlifondet.no/en/about-kavlifondet/statutes/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Olav (eg. Ole) Knudsen Kavli* (Store norske leksikon)](http://www.snl.no/Olav_%28eg._Ole%29_Knudsen_Kavli)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*The Kavli group*](https://kavlifondet.no/en/about-kavlifondet/about-kavli)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Kavli Holding AS* (Store norske leksikon)](http://www.snl.no/Kavli_Holding_AS)

## External links

- [Kavlifondet official website](http://kavlifondet.no/en/)

- [The Kavli Group](https://web.archive.org/web/20140822180148/http://kavli.com/en)

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