Bakkafrost

P/F Bakkafrost
Company typePublic
OSE: BAKKA
IndustryFood industry
Founded1968
FoundersMartin, Hans and Roland Jacobsen
HeadquartersGlyvrar, Faroe Islands
Key people
Regin Jacobsen (CEO), Høgni Dahl Jakobsen (CFO), Rúni M Hansen (Chairman of the board)
ProductsSalmon
Revenue5,554 million DKK (2021)
821 million DKK (2021)
964 million DKK (2021)
OwnerRegin Jacobsen (7.81%) Oddvør Jacobsen (7.77%) and around 3050 others from 22 countries[1]
Number of employees
1,653 (2021)
Websitebakkafrost.com
Bakkafrost is the main sponsor of the Faroe Islands national football team. On this photo is the captain of the team, Fróði Benjaminsen, with the Bakkafrost-logo.

P/F Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands, and is the biggest private employer in the islands.[2] Bakkafrost is the third-largest fish farming company in the world.

Regin Jacobsen and his mother Oddvør Jacobsen are the main owners of Bakkafrost, Oddvør Jacobsen owns 7.77% of the shares and Regin Jacobsen owns 7.81% of the shares. There are currently more than 3000 different share owners from 22 countries.[1]

  1. ^ a b Reyðberg, Eyðfinn (24 February 2015). "Hesi eiga Bakkafrost – meira enn 3.000 partaeigarar" (in Faroese). Vinnuvitan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Bakkafrost Chief Financial Officer quits". Fishupdate.com. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.