Abba Seafood

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Abba Seafood AB
Type Joint-stock company
Founded1838
FounderChristian Gerhard Ameln
Headquarters,
Key people
Johan Sundelin (CEO)
Revenue SEK 1.266 billion (2011) [1]
Total assets 1.158 billion
Total equity 531.152 USD
OwnerOrkla ASA
Number of employees
about 391 (2012) [1]
Parent Eiser Company
Website www.abba.se
Canned fish produced by Abba Seafood Bullens fiskbullar i hummersas.jpg
Canned fish produced by Abba Seafood

Abba Seafood AB, formerly Abba AB, with head offices in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a company producing preserved fish products. The main factory is located in Kungshamn.

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The company was established in Bergen 1838 and in the 1850s it moved to Stockholm. The name AB Bröderna Ameln, ABBA, was registered in 1906. In 1981, it was merged into Volvo, was sold to Procordia and is since 1995 a part of the Norwegian Orkla ASA. Abba has also acquired competitors such as Bohusräkor AB, Glyngøre and Limfjordskompaniet. In 2005, Abba acquired AB Hållöfisk, which has been involved in the processing of shrimp and crayfish since 1946. [2] Production sites were previously located in Rösholmen and Uddevalla. [3] In 2013, Abba Seafood was acquired by Orkla Foods Sverige AB. [4]

Some of the company's best-known products include the fish roe paste Kalles kaviar and Abba pickled herring. [5]

The Swedish pop group ABBA are not connected to the company, but in 1974 the group's manager contacted Abba AB to confirm that there would not be any issues around them using the same name. [6]

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  6. Palm, Carl Magnus (2001). Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA. London: Omnibus. ISBN   978-0-7119-8389-2