In Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Solo is an orange

Orange (fruit)

An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....

-flavoured soft drink

Soft drink

A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...

, owned by Norwegian companies Ringnes

Ringnes

Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway.-History:Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund and Ellef Ringnes together with financial director Axel Heiberg...

, Oskar Sylte, Aass

AASS

Alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the AASS gene.-Further reading:...

, and Mack

Mack Brewery

Mack Bryggeri is a brewery in Tromsø, Norway. It is also considered the world's northernmost brewery and coca cola factory.-History:Mack Bryggeri was founded during 1877 in Tromsø by Ludwig Markus Mack , son of a German immigrant, businessman and local politician...

. Solo is one of the most famous brands, and by far the largest Norwegian soda. The recipe was originally Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, and brought to the Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

 Brewery by Torleif Gulliksrud in 1934. Solo quickly became the most popular drink, and until the 1960s was bigger than Coca Cola in Norway. As of 2005, Solo has a seven percent share of the Norwegian soft drink market. Variants of the original Solo include Solo Lett (diet version), Solo Super and Solrik (juice).

In 2011 Solo considered marketing in USA. http://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/innland/article4084626.ece

Trivia

American actress Renee Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...

 revealed in an interview with Norwegian television station TV2, that she is a big fan of Solo.

External links

• Solo official web site
• Store norske leksikon
  Store norske leksikon
  Store norske leksikon, abbreviated SNL, is currently the second most comprehensive contemporary Norwegian language encyclopedia. The SNL was created in 1978 when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. The name...
  
  , entry on "Solo". link