Norsk Hydro (historically)

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Norwegian company industrial company public limited company

Norsk Hydro is a Norwegian industrial company historically known for pioneering large-scale hydroelectric-powered fertilizer production and playing a central role in the early industrial development of towns like Notodden.

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Surface form Occurrences
Norsk Hydro 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian company ⓘ
industrial company ⓘ
public limited company ⓘ
acquired Vale aluminium assets ⓘ
Vialco NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFacility Notodden Salpeterfabrikk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rjukanfossen power plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vemork power plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo development of Norwegian hydroelectric power ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
developedTechnology Birkeland–Eyde process NERFINISHED ⓘ
energySourceForEarlyPlants Norwegian waterfalls ⓘ
formerIndustry mineral fertilizer production ⓘ
foundedBy Kristian Birkeland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Eyde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish investors ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Oslo ⓘ
historicalCoreBusiness fertilizer production ⓘ
inception 1905 ⓘ
industry aluminium industry ⓘ
energy industry ⓘ
fertilizer industry ⓘ
laterCoreBusiness aluminium production ⓘ
listedOn Oslo Stock Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorShareholder Government of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedWith Norsk Aluminium Company (NACO) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early industrial development of Notodden ⓘ
early industrial development of Rjukan ⓘ
pioneering large-scale hydroelectric-powered fertilizer production ⓘ
operatedIn Notodden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rjukan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telemark NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalName Norsk hydro-elektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskab NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownershipStakeOfGovernmentOfNorway significant minority stake ⓘ
product alumina ⓘ
aluminium ⓘ
aluminium extrusions ⓘ
ammonia ⓘ
bauxite ⓘ
nitrogen fertilizer ⓘ
rolled aluminium products ⓘ
roleIn industrialization of Telemark ⓘ
urban development of Notodden ⓘ
urban development of Rjukan ⓘ
shortName Hydro NERFINISHED ⓘ
spinoffDateOfYaraInternational 2004 ⓘ
spunOff Yara International NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedPowerSource hydroelectric power ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Notodden → hasMajorEmployer → Norsk Hydro (historically) ⓘ
Oslo Stock Exchange → hasListedCompany → Norsk Hydro (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norsk Hydro
Rjukan → developedBy → Norsk Hydro (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norsk Hydro