bakka industry food industry founded 1968 founders martin and hans jacobsen headquarters glyvrar faroe islands key people regin jacobsen ceo r ni m hansen chairman of the board products salmon revenue 2.7 billion dkk 2014 1 operating income 899 million dkk 2014 1 profit 647 million dkk 2014 1 owner oddv r jacobsen 9.50 % regin jacobsen 9.30 % and around 3050 others from 22 countries 2 number of employees 1000 2014 1 website bakkafrost.com bakkafrost is the main sponsor of the faroe islands national football team . on this photo is the captain of the team fr i benjaminsen with the bakkafrost logo . bakkafrost ose bakka is a faroese salmon farming company based in glyvrar on the island eysturoy in the faroe islands . bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the faroe islands and one of the biggest private employer in the islands if not the biggest . 3 bakkafrost is the eighth largest fish farming companies in the world . 4 regin jacobsen and his mother oddv r jacobsen are the main owners of bakkafrost oddv r jacobsen owns 9 5 % of the shares and regin jacobsen ownes 9 3 % of the shares . there are currently more than 3000 different owners from 22 countries . 2 contents 1 history 2 honours 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit bakkafrost was established in 1968 by the two brothers martin and hans jacobsen also named bakka instead of jacobsen which refers to the place name bakka where they come from . the current ceo since 1989 is regin jacobsen also known in the faroe islands as regin bakka he is the son of hans jacobsen hans bakka . the first ten years they worked with herring but in 1979 they started to work with salmon farming . 5 in 2009 bakkafrost produced 30.650 ton gutted weight . they had 14 licenses in 13 fjords in the faroe islands and owned 44 % af all fish farming licenses in the faroe islands mainly in the central and northeastern part of the islands . bakkafrost has salmon slaughterhouses in klaksv k and kollafj r ur through the company faroe farming of which they own almost 50 % they also have a slaughterhouse in the southernmost island su uroy in the village v gur . bakkafrost also owns a further processing factory in glyvrar . a few months before bakkafrost was registered on the oslo stock exchange the company merged with another faroese company vestlax which was also a salmon farming company . on 26 march 2010 the company was registered on oslo stock exchange . 6 in april 2011 bakkafrost bought the faroese company havsbr n for 1 1 billion danish kroner . after this bakkafrost could control the whole chain of production from the salmon feed to the further processing of the salmon . in 2010 before the havsbr n was merged with bakkafrost havsbr n s turnover was 823 million danish kroner and the operating profit was 238 million danish kroner . havsbr n at that time also owned 33 3 % of hanstholm fiskemelsfabrik as in denmark along with 78 1 % of the shares in the salmon farming companies faroe farming and viking seafood . 7 in september 2014 bakkafrost was worth 6.1 billion danish kroner . at the same time regin jacobsen and his mother oddv r jacobsen became the first billionair family in the faroe islands when their bakkafrost shares of 9 2 % and 9 4 % were worth 1.1 billion danish kroner . 8 in 2014 bakkafrost sold 44 013 tons of salmon and the same year the company had a profit of 899 million danish kroner before taxes the company paid 255 million in taxes so after taxes the profit was kr 647 million . 9 in march 2015 g tuv k the bay of g ta became the first fish farm in the faroe islands to carry asc certification which is an internationally recognized standard backed by the wwf . 10 on 28 may 2015 bakkafrost shares were sold for 206 norwegian kroner . on the same day the worth of bakkafrost grew to kr .10 billion a record high . 11 honours edit 2015 company of the year faroese prize 12 2015 stockman prize for small or middle size companies 13 2014 bakkafrost was chosen as the second best middle sized companies which are listed on the oslo stock exchange chosen by 600 persons . it is ir nordic invest which together with oslo stock exchange and dagens industri which makes the appraisal . 2014 regin jacobsen ceo of bakkafrost won the prize as the best director for middle sized companies which are listed on the oslo stock exchange . 14 2009 company of the year faroese prize 15 see also edit faroe islands portal economy of the faroe islands list of companies of the faroe islands references edit a b c d s rensen bent h jgaard 24 february 2015 . f r sk laksegigant s tter ny rekord in danish . berlingske business . retrieved 25 september 2015 . a b rey berg ey finn 24 february 2015 . hesi eiga bakkafrost meira enn 3.000 partaeigarar in faroese . vinnuvitan . retrieved 23 september 2015 . bakkafrost chief financial officer quits . fishupdate.com . 7 october 2014 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . portal.fo f roysk alifyrit ka er ttinda st rst heiminum frister med lusefri lakseaksje . e24.no in norwegian . 9 march 2010 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . bakkafrost er klare til g p b rs in norwegian . norsk fiskeoppdrett . 16 february 2010 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . fish.fo bakkafrost kj per havsbr n published on 14 april 2011 . accessdate 9 february 2015 . f r sk lakseeventyr skaber milliard rfamilie in danish . business.dk . 8 september 2014 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . in.fo bakkafrost met rslit upp 899 milli nir written by eirikur lindenskov on 24 february 2015 . bakkafrost fish farm asc certified . foreign service of the prime minister s office of the faroe islands . 26 march 2015 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . fiskur.fo t k enn ein var a bakkafrost hevur n eitt vir i upp t ggju milliardir kr nur . in.fo bakkadrost er rsins virki r stockman prisen in norwegian . finansanalytiker.no . 23 september 2015 . retrieved 23 september 2015 . vinnuvitan.fo industry.fo rsins virki skal veljast fyri ellintu fer external links edit bakkafrost 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