Borg Bryggerier was formerly an independent brewery based in the city of Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...

, in Østfold

Østfold

is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Borg Bryggerier was founded in 1855 under the name Lande Gaard og Bryggeri by merchant Hans Hafslund. In 1905, the Egenæss family acquired the brewery. It has been owned by members of the Egenæss family since then. Following the acquisition of the Halden

Halden

is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...

 Bryggeri (Halden Brewery) during the 1960s, and the merger with Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

 Bryggeri (Fredrikstad Brewery) in 1989, Borg became the undisputed largest brewery in Østfold.

In 1997, Borg was merged with the Bergen-based Hansa Bryggeri (Hansa Brewery), which created the Hansa Borg Bryggerier

Hansa Borg Bryggerier

Hansa Borg Bryggerier is Norway's second largest brewery.-History:Hansa Borg Bryggerier was founded in 1997, after a merger between Hansa Bryggeri and Borg Bryggerier . The company is controlled by the Egenaess family , who owned Borg Breweries in Sarpsborg since 1905 until the merger in 1997...

(Hansa Borg Breweries), of which the Egenæss family owns 60% of the shareholdings.
Today, Borg enjoys nationwide distribution of its main beer, the pilsener

Pilsener

Pilsner is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the city of Pilsen , Bohemia, in today's Czech Republic, where it has been developed since 1842, when a bottom-fermented beer was first produced. The original Pilsner Urquell beer is produced there today.-Origin:Until the mid-1840s, most ...

 Borg, through a distribution deal with the store chain ICA/Rimi.