Archive record · Brewery
Gæðingur
Kópavogur, Capital Region, Iceland
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-M3W2BC9W
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Status: ACTIVE. Ownership as recorded: INDEPENDENT CRAFT; owner Árni Hafstað VERIFIED; percentage control UNKNOWN. Official brewery site identifies Árni Hafstað as owner and dates Kópavogur opening 2018-09-11; municipal record ties Gæðingur-Öl ehf kt 660810-0800 to beer production at Nýbýlavegur 8. [Iceland Pass 02]
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Árni HafstaðDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Official Gæðingur site identifies Árni Hafstað as owner; percentage/start date not stated. Source: https://gaedingur.beer/en
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- Nýbýlavegur 8, 200 KópavogurKópavogur, Capital Region
PRODUCTION
Operated by Gæðingur
Site detail
Official brewery site identifies Árni Hafstað as owner and dates Kópavogur opening 2018-09-11; municipal record ties Gæðingur-Öl ehf kt 660810-0800 to beer production at Nýbýlavegur 8.
The People
Behind the beer
Official brewery site identifies Árni Hafstað as owner; percentage/start date not stated.
The Beer Library
Beers
Tumi Humall
IPA
(CURRENT GOVERNMENT RETAIL LISTING) [Iceland Pass 02]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Summer Balls
UNKNOWN
(CURRENT GOVERNMENT RETAIL LISTING) [Iceland Pass 02]
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Stout / Porter
(CURRENT GOVERNMENT RETAIL LISTING) [Iceland Pass 02]
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Common questions about Gæðingur
- Who owns Gæðingur?
- Gæðingur is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Kópavogur, Iceland.
- Is Gæðingur independent?
- Yes. Gæðingur is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
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