Freia Melkesjokolade Milk Chocolate, 250 g

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In 1980 the company merged with a Bergen-based company to create ‘Beregene Nidar' but 17 years later, the Nidar name was restored and all Bergen production moved to the Trondheim facility. Today the company is part of the giant Orkla corporation. Large chocolate bars If you’re traveling to Norway I’d recommend you to try out some delicious Norwegian chocolate. Here are three types from Freia, which are famous for their Melkesjokolade (milk chocolate) and Kvikk Lunsj. I’ve also listed Stratos and Smash from Nidar, one of the largest distributors of sweets to Norwegians.

The Kvikk Lunsj chocolate bar consists of four rectangular wafers covered in milk chocolate. The wafers can be split apart, so that you can easily share. During a year, the average Norwegian consumes nine Kvikk Lunsj chocolates, and it is especially popular during Easter when Norwegians head to the mountains to ski. Each year, 50 million bars are produced. In the harsh 1930s, Freia Milk Chocolate was marketed as follows: “This top quality chocolate is made by Norwegian milk with Norwegian capital and Norwegian workers”. Nidar is the big rival to Freia and is based out of Trondheim in central Norway. The company began in 1912, with Christmas and Easter marzipan the first notable products.

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Photo on the left shows the importance of Freia Melkesjokolade in Norway. The art piece is located in Grünerløkka neighborhood in Oslo. (Photo by: Metro Centric) I think it's fair to say that Freia is Norway's most famous chocolate brand. For one thing, the illuminated sign on Karl Johans gate gets captured in so many photographs. There has been a Freia store on Karl Johans gate since 1913. Kvikk Lunsj is a chocolate bar made by the Norwegian company Freia. It consists of four thin wafers filled with milk chocolate, and is similar in size and shape to the KitKat chocolate bar. However, Kvikk Lunsj has a distinct taste and texture that sets it apart. Can’t wait until you come to Norway? Buy Freia Firkløver Milk Chocolate here (Etsy) Stratos Chocolate bar

The company presented their new product as a “Cheerful chocolate that helps to preserve the mind’s joyfulness”. In 1916, the name was changed to Norsk Melke-chokolade to emphasize the Norwegian grammar. Four years later the chocolate was renamed Norsk Melk Chokolade– which was contrary to the contemporary spelling rules. The reason was probably that the spelling focused on milk as an important part of the Norwegian public health. I will have caused outrage among my Norwegian readers for not starting with Freia's Kvikk Lunsj, the most iconic chocolate in Norway. It has such status because it's synonymous with the one true love of all Norwegians: the outdoors. Can’t wait until you come to Norway? Buy Freia Milk Chocolate bar here (Etsy) Freia Firkløver Milk Chocolate bar Find sources: "Freia Melkesjokolade"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Despite its popularity in Norway, Kvikk Lunsj is relatively unknown outside of Scandinavia. However, it's worth seeking out if you're ever in Norway or the surrounding countries. It's a delicious and uniquely Norwegian chocolate that's sure to delight your taste buds and give you a taste of Norwegian culture and tradition.It reminds me a little of the rice crispy cakes I used to make as a kid (definitely not as an adult though, no, not, definitely not) Nestle, maker of KitKat, has argued in European courts since 2002 that it has the right to trademark the shape. The courts disagreed as KitKat isn't commonplace cross the continent. Freia couldn't buy that kind of publicity. By the turn of the century, Freia was the leading Norwegian brand in sweets. Since its inception the factory has been in the Rodeløkka neighborhood in the borough of Grünerløkka in Oslo.