"Vilhelm Þorsteinsson EA 11", Samherji's new, vessel for pelagic fishing. In its home port, Akureyri, North Iceland.
Samherji hf. is a fishing and fish processing company in Iceland. It is the largest fishing company in Iceland, and one of the largest in Europe.[1][2] It was founded in Grindavík in 1972.[1] Its current headquarters are in Akureyri, but the company operates in many locations in Iceland and throughout the world. The company employs approximately 800 staff in Iceland, and 800 staff abroad.[1] One of its companies is the sales company Seagold Ltd. in England, led by Gústaf Baldvinsson.
In 1983, Þorsteinn Már Baldvínsson and his relatives Kristján Vilhelmsson and Þorsteinn Vilhelmsson bought nearly all the stocks in Samherji, and have controlled the company since.[1]
Þorsteinn Már Baldvinsson is the current CEO, having resumed that role in February of 2021[3] after having stepped down on 14 November 2019, with Björgólfur Jóhannesson acting as CEO in the interim.[4][5]
Samherji owns nearly 16% of the transferable quotas in the Icelandic fisheries sector.[1]
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