Egil Kristoffersen & Sønner

Egil Kristoffersen & Sønner AS is a family-owned Norwegian company that produces smolt and salmon in the municipalities of Meløy and Bø in Nordland. Its main product is gutted salmon, delivered fresh on ice in insulated boxes or single-frozen in cardboard boxes, and it also produces a small volume of smoked salmon for the local market in Bø.

Customers are seafood buyers in export markets. The salmon is shipped by truck, train, boat or air, and in a typical year it is sold to customers in over thirty countries, mainly in Europe, with further sales to China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Dubai, Egypt, Israel and Japan.

The company was founded in 1966 and has its registered seat in Straumsjøen. Its packing plant N-234 is located in Jennskaret in Bø municipality, has a capacity of just over 10,000 tonnes per year and employs about 25 people there. Because it does not hold permits to produce enough salmon to fill the plant all year, slaughter operations are seasonal. Recruitment is mainly for short-term slaughterhouse roles and summer temporary staff, and the company also trains an apprentice.

Product: Gutted salmon (sløyd laks) fresh on ice or single-frozen, plus smolt and a small volume of smoked salmon for the local market.