Kistefos AS
kistefos.no Direct investor
Kistefos AS is a private investment company owned by Christen Sveaas, established in 1998. It manages a diversified portfolio of companies across various industries, with a focus on Europe and active ownership.
Kistefos AS is a family office headquartered in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1998. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in offshore, shipping, financial services and technology.
“The investment mandate is pragmatic and opportunistic and there is a lot of flexibility with regards to sector, geography, ticket size and holding period.”
— Kistefos AS, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Family office
- Invests in
- Europe
- Sectors
- offshore, shipping, financial services, technology, real estate
- Founded
- 1998
Team, as Kistefos AS publishes it
- Christen Sveaas Executive Chairman and Owner
- Bengt A. Rem CEO
Names and roles exactly as listed on kistefos.no. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 23 co-investors found.
- Apogem Capital 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Appian Capital Advisory Limited 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Biopôle 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Bluestem Capital Company, LLC 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Caleo Capital 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Carrick Capital Partners 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners 1 shared company: outlook.com
- ECI Partners 1 shared company: outlook.com
- EIT Urban Mobility 1 shared company: outlook.com
- Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System 1 shared company: outlook.com
and 13 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Kistefos AS publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://kistefos.no/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, description, founded, people
- https://kistefos.no/about-us/stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
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Record 1656 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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