industry seafood fishing founded 1990 1990 1 headquarters nuuk greenland area served worldwide key people niels harald de coninck smith chairman mikael thinghuus ceo products seafood caviar commercial fishing fish processing convenience smoked and marinated fish dried fish revenue dkk 4 976 million 2012 operating income dkk 241 million 2012 net income dkk 136 million 2012 total assets dkk 1 314 million 2012 total equity dkk 1 009 million 2012 number of employees 1 962 2012 subsidiaries list royal greenland seafood a s nuussuaq fish aps sandgreen aps 7170629 canada inc ittu a s kuunnaat trawl a s gaia fish a s 50 % ice trawl greenland a s 50 % & c. website royalgreenland.com footnotes references 2012 2 royal greenland a s is a fishing company in greenland spun off from kalaallit niuerfiat in 1990 1 3 but still wholly owned by the government of greenland . 2 the company operates in a number of towns and settlements in greenland with 20 fish processing plants and ship bases of local subsidiary units . 4 some of the processing plants were closed between 2007 and 2009 . 5 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit hdms akamalik a royal greenland vessel anchored in sisimiut . the royal greenland trading department was founded in 1774 as a dano norwegian state enterprise charged with administering the danish settlements and trade in greenland . the company s monopoly was finally ended in 1950 and the home rule government introduced in 1979 gained control in 1986 6 7 first renaming it kalaallit niuerfiat 3 and then in 1992 kni . 8 the company s fishing operations were spun off as royal greenland a s in 1990 . 1 as of 2010 royal greenland s privatization is delayed by negative financial results 9 and competition concerns . 10 11 see also edit economy of greenland where royal greenland s fish make up more than half of all exports list of seafood companies references edit fishing portal food portal companies portal greenland portal denmark portal a b c royal greenland . our history . accessed 27 august 2010 . a b royal greenland . 1 . accessed 2 may 2012 . a b culture greenland . preliminary studies in kgh s photo archive . accessed 2 may 2012 . royal greenland . our greenlandic production facilities . accessed 27 aug 2010 . sermitsiaq . royal greenland closes fish purchasing facilities . 19 jan 2009 . accessed 27 aug 2010 . mipi . pilersuisoq kni a s . accessed 2 may 2012 . danish dahl jens . saqqaq an inuit hunting community in the modern world . univ. of toronto press 2000 . kni . kort historie om kni a short history of kni . accessed 28 apr 2012 . danish sermitsiaq . royal greenland k mper for livet . 9 mar 2010 . accessed 27 aug 2010 . danish sermitsiaq . privatisering ligger ikke lige om hj rnet . 20 apr 2010 . accessed 27 aug 2010 . danish sermitsiaq . fiskere royal greenland p private h nder . 23 apr 2010 . accessed 27 aug 2010 . danish external links edit media related to royal greenland at wikimedia commons v t 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