Vinmonopolet
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Vinmonopolet (), symbolized by Ⓥ and colloquially shortened to Polet, is a government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer and the only company allowed to sell beverages containing an alcohol content higher than 4.75% in Norway.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Vinmonopolet
- Company.logo
- Vinmonopolet logo.svg
- Company.type
- Government enterprise
- Company.location
- Oslo, Norway
- Company.key_people
- Kai G. Henriksen (CEO 2006–2016)Hilde Britt Mellbye (CEO)
- Company.num_employees
- 2000
- Company.locations
- 331
- Company.products
- Alcoholic beverages, Non-alcoholic beverages
- Company.homepage
- vinmonopolet.no
- Company.industry
- Wine, Liquor
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1922
- Location
- Oslo, Norway
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.457431.0 · ISNI 0000 0004 0610 3334
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Foundation
- Special shops
- Wine auctions
- Consumer relations
- Corruption cases
- ''Vinbladet''
- Notable past products
- Rødvin
- Golden Power
- See also
- References
- External links
Vinmonopolet (), symbolized by Ⓥ and colloquially shortened to Polet, is a government-owned alcoholic beverage retailer and the only company allowed to sell beverages containing an alcohol content higher than 4.75% in Norway.
As the arm of the Norwegian government policy to limit the citizens' consumption of alcohol, primarily by means of high cost and limited access, the primary goal of Vinmonopolet is to responsibly perform the distribution of alcoholic goods while limiting the motive of private economic profit from the alcohol industry. Equally significant is the social responsibility of Vinmonopolet, to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors and visibly inebriated customers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinmonopolet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.