# Kistefos

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Kistefos AS Type Private Industry Holding Founded 3 April 1989 Area served Norway Key people Tom Ruud (CEO) Christen Sveaas (Chairman) Revenue NOK 14 379 million (2018) Operating income NOK 2 277 million (2018) Net income NOK 1 788 million (2018) Owner Christen Sveaas Number of employees 16 (2012)

**Kistefos** is a [privately owned](/source/Private_company) [investment company](/source/Investment_company) owned by [Christen Sveaas](/source/Christen_Sveaas) and led by [CEO](/source/Chief_Executive_Officer) [Tom Ruud](/source/Tom_Ruud_(businessman)).[1] The company comprises wholly owned and part-owned industrial companies within [offshore](/source/Offshore_investment), [shipping](/source/Shipping) and [IT](/source/Information_technology), as well as strategic investments in various listed and unlisted companies, principally within banking/finance, [telecommunications](/source/Telecommunications) and [property](/source/Property).[2]

The company dates back to 1889 when Sveaas' family founded the [lumber mill](/source/Lumber_mill) [Kistefos Træsliberi](/source/Kistefos_Tr%C3%A6sliberi).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kistefos AS - Oslo - Roller og kunngjøringer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082304/http://www.proff.no/roller/kistefos-as/oslo/oppf%C3%B8ringer-uten-bransjetilknytning/Z0I3KEDA/). *www.proff.no*. Archived from [the original](http://www.proff.no/roller/kistefos-as/oslo/oppf%C3%B8ringer-uten-bransjetilknytning/Z0I3KEDA/) on 2015-09-24.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-snl_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-snl_2-1) [Kistefos AS](http://snl.no/Kistefos_AS) Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 26 February 2014

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.kistefos.no/)

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