str m asa type public industry real estate founded 1797 headquarters oslo norway area served scandinavia key people olav line ceo peter arne ruzicka chairman products shopping centres revenue nok 2 010 million 2006 operating income nok 1 762 million 2006 net income nok 1 084 million 2006 number of employees 252 2007 website www.steenstrom.no steen & str m is a scandinavian retail and real estate company that owns and operates 52 shopping centres in norway sweden and denmark . in 2006 the shopping centers had 3 300 lessees with total revenue of about nok 40 billion . history edit the company was founded in 1797 when samuel str m started a wine shop and general store in oslo . when he died in 1818 the store was taken over by his widow else str m then their common son christian str m in 1829 . in 1856 str m shortly before his death passed it on to his nephew and adoptive son samuel str m jr. and the husband of his adoptive daughter emil steen . the name steen & str m was then established . samuel str m jr. died in 1876 and emil steen brought the widow augusta str m on board as partner . in 1884 the next generation took over with christian steen johan steen and christian str m jr. as partners . the next generation after that entered the company with erling steen and eyvind str m in 1914 ; and nils steen in 1919 . the three took over the company in the 1930s . 1 2 another family member emil steen was just a board member but his son christian steen became chief executive in 1964 . 3 4 in 1874 the company built the first department store in norway but it was destroyed in a fire in 1929 . by 1930 a brand new store had been rebuilt with architectural inspiration from paris . in 1991 agora drift as took over the management of steen & str m as well as five other shopping centres and three hotels and started expanding . in july 1994 the company was listed on the oslo stock exchange but delisted again in september 2007 after stein erik hagen had bought out the other owners at the time canica 49 9 % storebrand 12.9 % orkla 10.3 % stein erik hagen 5.9 % and varner gruppen 5.5 % . in 2008 the company was sold for nok 21.9 billion to kl pierre 56.1 % and abp pension fund 43.9 % . 5 references edit steen & str m har idag bestaaet i 125 aar . aftenposten aften . 13 july 1922 . p. 1 . 150 r p samme tomt . aftenposten . 8 october 1947 . p. 5 . d dsfall . aftenposten . 31 october 1950 . p. 5 . steenstrup bj rn ed . 1973 . steen christian . hvem er hvem in norwegian . oslo aschehoug . p. 526 . retrieved 23 december 2011 . e24 n ringsliv 2008 07 28 . hagen har solgt steen & str m in norwegian . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title steen % 26 str m & oldid 647237102 categories real estate companies of norwaycompanies formerly listed on the oslo stock exchangecompanies established in 1797hidden categories cs1 norwegian language sources no pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view