Kvinnherad Vidaregåande Skule KVV

Founder & CEO Natural State AS / Market & Development Strategist / Sustainability Economist / Strategic Project Leader Nordic Circular Hotspot / Founder & Board Leader Fuglen in Norway & Japan

A market acceleration and  transition strategy for a sustainable Nordic market based on circular economic principals in all value chain in the holistic market sphere.  Formulated as a  collaborative Project with Nordic Innovation

Nordic Circular Hotspot

Managing Partner & Strategic Project Leader

A NATURAL APPROACH TO URBAN VALUE CREATION

Natural state, is practicing a holistic and practical market approach for sustainable development of values over time, based on the neutral and natural economics of extended value-chains and market-spheres.

Natural State AS

Founder & CEO Natural State AS / Lead Market Strategist & Sustainability Economies

Special Advisor / Project Coordinator / International relations.

Contributing to Oslo Business Region AS  with support and advice on a number of projects regarding international branding, marketing, pr and communication, events and international partnerships that Oslo Business Region are involved in. Project manager for the Monocle Oslo City Survey 2014 and Project Coordinator for #ProjectOsloRegion – the Oslo international Brand management strategy. September 2014 -March 2015 
Continue to advice on other projects and are registered as Oslo Business Region Team Member.

Oslo Business Region

Special Advisor / Project Coordinator / OBR Team

Norwegian Icons AS is a export company working with exporting and strengthening the  Norwegian design history at the global markets. Through attending several international design arenas with Norwegian Icons exhibitions and strengthening the Norwegian Presence generally on the global scene. Working with both the Foreign department and Innovation Norway to make sustainable market bridges from small scale Norwegian design production to the high end global market ( with forces in Japan) this has been a rapidly growing company since the start in 2013. The exhibition tour started in Oslo, 2013, then Tokyo same year and ended up in New York in May 2014. After this the focus has been market introduction in Japan with over 10 exhibitions all over Japan and general  branding for Norway on different gloable stages, like Milan, New York, La, London etc.

Includen in Norwegian Icons is.
Norwegian Icons AS - 2013 Board Leader
Norwegan Icons Japan Inc. 2014  - Director of Board, Chairman

Norwegian Icons AS

Founder, Co-owner, Board Leader.

Member of the board 

Advising on brand and further development of the legendary concert, club and cultural venue BLÅ in Oslo.

BLÅ (Brenneriveien Jazzhus As and Blå Booking)

Board Member

Member of the Board 

Lecturing about concept development and branding by  using mainly FUGLEN, but also STOCKFLETHS and ENVIROM GROUP as case studies to teach on how to build sustainable business concepts and brands.

Also attend as sensor at relevant exams and run relevant projects with project groups.

Emergence School of Leadership AS

Board member,  Guest Lecture, Project facilitator.

In 2008, after 6 years of managing Kaffefuglen AS as a original coffee and tea shop founded in 1963. And a sister company of Stockfleths As.  I initiated and developed the concept with new partners to a multi-concept with a classic cocktail bar and international vintage design shop.  Making a sustainable economical base in Oslo, then opening a venue in Tokyo spring 2012. Since 2012  several other new companies has been established. And I work on several big projects as consultant under the Fuglen brand.

Included in Fuglen Holding is:
Fosssekallen Holding As 2013 - Board Leader and CEO / Managing Director
Kaffefuglen AS 1963 - Fuglen Oslo 2008- Board Leader
Isvalen JP Inc. Fuglen Tokyo 2012 - Director of Board, Chairman 
Fuglen US. Inc 2014 - Director of Board, Chairman
Fuglen Forlag - 2014 Publisher and Board Leader
Fuglen Coffee Roasters JP. Inc  2014 - Director of Board, Chairman

FUGLEN AS

Founder, Co-Owner, CEO/Managing Director

Building up a new company that delivers economical and environmental sustainable solutions to the aquaculture, agriculture and water industries internationally. Basing the main products on combinations of biological and technical solutions to replace environmental damaging solutions today.
Current Subcompanys:
Envirom Marine AS (ENX sealice solution)
Envirom Agriculture AS (CBX soil and growth solution)
Envirom Green (CBX soil and POD pond solutions)
Envirom Oceanic (AMOSILQ waterpurification and coating solutions)

envirom group

CEO/Managing Director

Organized, built up and worked in a studio coffee bar in the late night show Søndags Tabloid with Paal T. Jørgensen serving guests live as a part of the scene, after the show was converted to a daily political talk show called Tabloid the coffee bar remained in the extra studio where all guests where served high quality coffee and tea drinks before and after the show. After 2006 just administrating the bar having others baristas working there.

TV 2

Coffeebar Organizer Tabloid Studio

Started as a Store Manager and CEO fall 2002 after working some shifts as a Barista hired out from the the sister company Stockfleths AS. Further developing Kaffefuglen AS to a coffee bar until 2008. Where  preserving it and making it generate a positve cash flow to keep it alive on the side of running Stockfleths AS .  Kaffefuglen AS was established in 1963, then beeing bought up by Solberg and Hansen in 2000, and converted in to a small coffee and tea shop.

CEO/Managing Director Kaffefuglen AS - Coffee and Tea since 1963

First working in the organization for 1 year as a barista, then store manager/Ceo for Kaffefuglen AS and head of marketing in Stockfleths AS parallel, before taking over the position as Managing Director in January 2006 after Tim Wendelboe and Alexander S. Jensen. Further developing the company and establish new coffee bars to a innovative and economic sustainable coffee and tea specialety store chain. Basing the new way of operating on the ethical principal of Direct Trading within the international speciality coffee trading, linking this to all other products. Economic revitalising the company from near bankrupt in 2006 to expanding with new shops and showing a solid economy in 2011. Been operational leader through 3 changes of ownership in the period. Last in 2008 when Norges Gruppen (Norwegian Group) bought the concern owning Stockfleths, Solberg og Hansen (50%) and sharing it with Fourxp AS (50%). Establishing a unique, strong and clear identity for the company positioning it firm in the market as a high quality company both on products, service and barista handcraft. Leaving behind a solid base for others to take further in the company’s long history.

Einar Kleppe Holthe