Abba Seafood AB, formerly Abba AB, with head offices in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 is a company producing preserved fish products. The main factory is located in Kungshamn

Kungshamn

Kungshamn is a locality and the seat of Sotenäs Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 2,871 inhabitants in 2005.The town consists of the former towns of "Gravarne", "Bäckevik" and "Fisketången". Kungshamn is situated on a peninsula just north of the town Lysekil and on the same...

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The company was established in Bergen 1838 and in the 1850s it moved to Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. 1906 the name AB Bröderna Ameln, ABBA, was registered. In 1981 it was merged into Volvo

Volvo

AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...

, was sold to Procordia and is since 1995 a part of the Norwegian Orkla ASA.

Some of the company's most well known products include Kalles kaviar

Kalles kaviar

Kalles kaviar is a Swedish brand of fish roe spread. It is manufactured by Abba Seafood. Kalles kaviar is based on a several hundred years old recipe which originates from the Swedish west coast and in particular Lysekil. In French, this type of caviar is sometimes referred to as Caviar de Lysekil...

 and Abba pickled herring.

They are known for having let the Swedish pop group ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

share the name in 1974.