Lerøy Seafood Group ASA is a seafood production and distribution company based in Bergen, Norway
The company started operation in the 19th century when the fisherman Ole Mikkel Lerøen started selling fish and other seafood on the fish market of Bergen. In 1939 the primary subsidiary Hallvar Lærøy AS was founded. Until 1997 the company was family owned, when it became a public company resulting in the listing on Oslo Stock Exchange in 2002.
The company started exporting salmon in 1973 and gradually became dominant among Norway's salmon exporters.Lerøy Seafood Group ASA Store Norske Leksikon, retrieved 25 February 2013
In 2011, the company was named Norway's 12th largest exporting company.Øystein Svelle: Norges 100 største eksportbedrifter E24, 11 June 2011
As of 2012, the company was the second largest salmon and trout farming company in the world,Lerøy-datter kutter 70 ansatte E24, 22 February 2012 and involved in fish farms in Hitra, Kristiansund, Troms, and Scotland (Shetland).
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