Voss (water)
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Voss is a Norwegian brand of bottled water, bottled in Iveland, Norway.
Established by Norwegians Ole Christian Sandberg and Christopher Harlem, VOSS is a brand of artesian water from Norway, which is marketed as "one of the purest waters on the market."
Voss water is bottled and marketed by Voss of Norway ASA, a Norwegian Limited Company, head quartered in Oslo, Norway. Key management include CEO Morthen Johannessen, founder Ole Christian Sandberg, VP Operations Stian Kjellemyr Eilertsen, CFO Jan Eystein Sæbø, VP International Sales Siri Titlestad, VP Emerging Markets Thomas Weeden and Legal Counsel Gard Skogstrøm Andreassen. The organization in the United States is headed by Ole Chr. Sandberg.
Voss is marketed globally but with a focus on the United States.
Voss of Norway ASA also owns Energy Group AS, the company behind G Pure Energy, an energy drink available in the United States.
The board of directors of Voss of Norway ASA consists of chairman Knut Brundtland and directors Eva Kempe-Forsberg, Arne Hjeltnes, Hadley Mullin and Andreas Boquist.
The brand has often been criticized for the sodium that is added to the water.
[edit] Trivia
In Click, when Adam Sandler's character, Michael Newman, visits his son Ben's office in the future, Ben gives him a bottle of VOSS water.
Courtney Cox's character, Lucy Spiller, on the FX television show, Dirt, totes around a VOSS water bottle in various episodes.
Lindsay Lohan is often photographed post-club sporting a VOSS bottle.
On various episodes of MTV Cribs Voss water has been seen in celebrites fridges.
Smashing Pumpkins drank only VOSS water on stage during their 2008 Australian tour dates.
