Norway
Stirling Square acquires SAR
Stirling Square Capital Partners has acquired Norwegian oil and gas services provider SAR from previous owners AR Incoronato and Westco.
CapMan's Eastavab merges with Swedish Starlight
CapMan audiovisual equipment rental and event organising company Eastavab will merge with Swedish trade player Starlight.
Nordic unquote" April 2012
Swedish life assurer and private equity LP Skandia Liv has received the go-ahead to buy its parent company Skandia from Old Mutual for SEK 22.5bn.
RIT sells Agora Oil and Gas for $450m to Cairn Energy
RIT Capital Partners have exited Norwegian oil and gas company Agora for a total of $450m, with £73m in total profits.
FSN Capital exits VIA Travel
FSN Capital has exited travel management company VIA Travel to NASDAQ-listed trade player Expedia's subsidiary, Egencia.
Altor exits SPT Group at 4-5x multiple
Altor Equity Partners has exited Scandpower Petroleum Technology (SPT) Group to NYSE-listed trade player Schlumberger.
Nordic unquote" March 2012
The Swedish minister for education, Jan Björklund, has proposed a minimum ownership commitment of 10 years for privately held schools in Sweden. This could impact the schools’ private equity owners.
Reiten & Co buys Competentia
Reiten & Co has taken a majority stake in Norwegian oil and gas consultancy Competentia.
Reiten & Co acquires Con-Form
Reiten & Co has acquired a 62% stake in Norwegian prefabricated concrete manufacturer Con-Form.
Accel Partners in $7m series-A for ForgeRock
Accel Partners has invested $7m in a series-A round for Norwegian software company ForgeRock.
Nordic Capital buys Europris from IK
Nordic Capital has acquired Norwegian discount retailer Europris from IK Investment Partners.
Investinor in €3.3m round for Boost Communications
Investinor has led a €3.3m round for Norwegian internet company Boost Communications.
Credo Kapital acquires L.O.G.
Credo Kapital has acquired a controlling interest in Norwegian horticultural intermediate goods producer L.O.G.
Nordic unquote" February 2012
In the unquote” Nordic Private Equity Index only 4% of respondents believe that the Eurozone crisis will have a major impact on the Nordic markets. The region remains isolated, but the Scandinavian countries are uniquely diverse in their approach to...
Reiten's StormGeo acquires Met Consultancy
Reiten & Co-backed StormGeo has acquired Dubai-based weather forecasting company Met Consultancy.
Nordic unquote" January 2012
The Swedish tax authority’s battle over carried interest taxation continues as another player is drawn into the feud.
Norvestor to take Inmeta Crayon private
A take-private of Norwegian technology consultancy Inmeta Crayon by Norvestor draws closer as significant shareholder CapMan accepts a public offer.
Odin Equity buys Scandinavian food distributors
Odin Equity has taken a majority stake in Danish food distributors SFK Food and W. Oschätzchen Århus (SFK/OTZ).
Have your say: Nordic Private Equity Index
After a disappointing third quarter, fortunes for the Nordic market continued to deteriorate in Q4.
FSN Capital buys PM Retail
FSN Capital has acquired Norwegian women's clothing retailer PM Retail.
Norvestor backs Marine Aluminium
Norvestor has acquired a majority stake in aluminium structure engineering company Marine Aluminium.
FSN Capital exits Norlandia Care to founders
FSN Capital has sold portfolio company Norlandia Care back to its founders, The Adolfsen Group.
HitecVision VI closes at $1.5bn hard-cap
HitecVision VI has closed at its $1.5bn hard-cap, making it Norway's largest buyout fund to date.
Nordic Survey 2011
The first edition of the Nordic Survey 2011, in association with Delphi, assesses market sentiment among the region's private equity professionals.