Hansa Bryggeri is the local brewery of Bergen, Norway.
It was established in 1891 by Waldemar Stoud Platou

Waldemar Stoud Platou

Waldemar Stoud Platou was a Norwegian businessperson. He had a long career in the brewery industry.-Personal life:He was born in Furnes as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou and Elise Sem...

 when he acquired the minor local brewery Det Sembske Bryggeri. The name "Hansa" is meant to reflect Bergen's history as one of the Hansa

Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...

 trading cities.

The brewery was originally situated in a part of Bergen called Kalfaret

Kalfaret

Kalfaret is an affluent neighbourhood of the city of Bergen, Norway, located in Bergenhus borough, adjacent to the city centre.-History:Until the end of the 19th century, wealthy citizens of Bergen had lived side by side with the rest of the city's population...

, at the foot of mount Fløyen

Fløyen

Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is the most visited of the seven mountains that surround the city centre of Bergen, Norway....

, but relocated to an industrial area outside the city during the 1980s.

Hansa Bryggeri merged with the Østfold

Østfold

is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

-based Borg Bryggerier

Borg Bryggerier

Borg Bryggerier was formerly an independent brewery based in the city of Sarpsborg, in Østfold, Norway.Borg Bryggerier was founded in 1855 under the name Lande Gaard og Bryggeri by merchant Hans Hafslund. In 1905, the Egenæss family acquired the brewery. It has been owned by members of the...

(Borg Breweries) in 1997, which resulted in the creation of the company Hansa Borg Bryggerier

Hansa Borg Bryggerier

Hansa Borg Bryggerier is Norway's second largest brewery.-History:Hansa Borg Bryggerier was founded in 1997, after a merger between Hansa Bryggeri and Borg Bryggerier . The company is controlled by the Egenaess family , who owned Borg Breweries in Sarpsborg since 1905 until the merger in 1997...

.