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Jotun

Norwegian chemicals company
Organization business Q1778870
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Summary

Jotun is a business[1]. Jotun ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (948 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Norway[3]
  • Founder: Odd Gleditsch, Sr.[4]
  • Owned by: Orkla Group[5]
  • Headquarters location: Sandefjord[6]
  • Commons category: Jotun (company)[7]
  • Industry: chemical industry[8]
  • Chairperson: Odd Gleditsch, Jr.[9]
  • Inception: 1926[10]
  • Official website: https://www.jotun.com/[11]
  • Product or material produced: paint[12]
  • Employees: 10,000[13]
  • Official name: JOTUN A/S[14]
  • Legal form: aksjeselskap[15]
  • Social media followers: 62,645[16], 61,585[17], 66,804[18], 66,677[19]
  • P14750: 4CC0-8ACF-7F72-F7AB-9357[20]

Why It Matters

Jotun has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Jotun is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

business Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. Retrieved . jotun.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_jotun_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Jotun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/jotun}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'commons', 'da', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'ko', 'ms', '
    Official name → {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'JOTUN A/S'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ source for inception, source for legal form, official name, source for headquarters from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for pe"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → Norway
    Country → —
    P14750 → 4CC0-8ACF-7F72-F7AB-9357
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 4CC0-8ACF-7F72-F7AB-9357, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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