Felleskjøpet or FK is a Norwegian

Norway

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 agricultural cooperative that serves as a retailer of agricultural operating equipment

Farm equipment

Agricultural machinery is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. The best-known example of this kind is the tractor.-Soil cultivation:*Cultivator*Cultipacker*Chisel plow*Mulch tiller*Harrow**Spike harrow**Drag harrow...

 including animal food and seed

Seed

A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant...

s. It is also a wholesaler of grains

Cereal

Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...

. The corporation is organised into three separate independent companies that share the same brand

Brand

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 and cooperate extensively, Felleskjøpet Agri, Felleskjøpet Rogaland Agder and Felleskjøpet Nordmøre og Romsdal. The company had a revenue

Revenue

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 of NOK

Norwegian krone

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 10.6 billion in 2006 operation 105 stores, 61 workshops and 55 grain reception with 1,735 employees. Felleskjøpet is owned by 54,207 members and is one of 13 agricultural cooperatives in Norway

Agricultural cooperatives in Norway

The Agricultural cooperatives in Norway consists of 13 companies, each organised as independent farmer owned cooperatives. They cover four different areas for the farmers: refining and sale of produce, financial services, breeding and insemination, and retail of agricultural equipment. All the...

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History

The need for an agricultural retailing system evolved through the mid-19th century; and, in 1896, the first Felleskjøp, Landhusholdningselskaberbnes Fællesinnkjøbsforening was founded, soon followed by more. Eventually they started to merge, and 2006 saw the merger between Felleskjøpet Trondheim and Felleskjøpet ØstVest to Felleskjøpet Agri, creating a company covering almost the entire country.