Draft:Sono Group AS

Sono Group AS is a group with several Nordic companies in furnishing for offices, warehouses, workshops and wardrobes. The head office is located in Sarpsborg. Sono Group AS owns Sarpsborg Metall AS, Sarpsborg Metall AB, Sørlie Prosjektinnredninger AS, Sono Norop AS, Sono Brands AB, Sono Holding AS, Sono Norge AS, Sono Sverige AB and Sono Danmark A/S and other companies within furniture and interior.

History
Sono Group AS was founded in 2003 when Trond Frigaard bought 100% of the shares in Sarpsborg Metall AS. He is the grandson of the founder Georg Jenssen and thus the roots go all the way back to 1946. In Sweden, the oldest company in the group is Tranås Skolmöbler AB, founded in 1896.

In 2004, the name Scandinavian Storage Group was adopted and the following year the company was established in Denmark. In 2009, office furniture was included in the range and North Investment Group was adopted as the name. This company bought the majority in the listed Swedish company ACAP Invest in 2014, which included a number of furniture companies. In the following years, two companies were sold and one was bought and in 2020 the name Sono Group was adopted.

The Frigaard group passed 2 billion NOK in turnover for the first time in 2020. A lot of the increased turnover was from property development. Frigaard Group was close to 3 billion in turnover in 2023, but took a safe bet and sold a company to get lower debt when inflation and interest rate hike hit.

Business areas
Sono Group AS owns Nordic companies that manufacture or sell wardrobes (lockers), office furniture, school furniture, warehouse and industrial furniture and tailor-made fixtures.

Sustainability
The vast majority of the companies in the Sono Group are already ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and more are on the way. Their product range includes products that contribute to ecological and social sustainability, with certifications such as the Nordic Ecolabel, Möbelfakta (74 series in 2023), Byggvarubedomningen, FSC (the majority of suppliers) and Ecolabel.