page_title: Hjem-IS
hierarchical_section_title: Hjem-IS
caption_attribution_description: Swedish ice cream van (Hemglass brand) seen partly from above in Sundsvall, Sweden.
context_page_description: Hjem-IS, Hemglass or Kotijäätelö, all meaning "Home Ice Cream", is a Northern European brand of ice cream. It is known for its distribution system, being delivered to people's homes by its light blue ice cream vans and selling ice creams by the box, in contrast to ice cream vans other places in the world. In Sweden, the van has a signature tune that is similar, but not identical to the Laurel and Hardy theme music; in Denmark, it rings a bell.
  Hemglass was founded by the Swedish Eric Ericsson in 1968. It spread its activities to other countries, establishing itself in Denmark in 1976, and in Norway and Finland in 1993. Today, the parent company, Hjem-IS Europa A/S, is headquartered in Kolding, Denmark. The group has been a subsidiary of Nestlé since 2002. The company also operated in the United Kingdom in certain regions from at least 1989 until the early 2000s.
  On 31 December 2012, Nestlé sold the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish divisions to three different companies. The Finnish division has been closed
  In 2014, The Norwegian Division Got Taken over by Isbjørn Is.
  Also The Danish Division In 2019 got sold to Food Union.
context_section_description: Hjem-IS (Denmark Norway), Hemglass (Sweden ) or Kotijäätelö (Finland), all meaning "Home Ice Cream", is a Northern European brand of ice cream. It is known for its distribution system, being delivered to people's homes by its light blue ice cream vans and selling ice creams by the box, in contrast to ice cream vans other places in the world. In Sweden, the van has a signature tune that is similar, but not identical to the Laurel and Hardy theme music; in  Denmark, it rings a bell.
  Hemglass was founded by the Swedish Eric Ericsson in 1968. It spread its activities to other countries, establishing itself in Denmark in 1976, and in Norway and Finland in 1993. Today, the parent company, Hjem-IS Europa A/S, is headquartered in Kolding, Denmark. The group has been a subsidiary of Nestlé since 2002. The company also operated in the United Kingdom in certain regions from at least 1989 until the early 2000s.
  On 31 December 2012, Nestlé sold the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish divisions to three different companies. The Finnish division has been closed 
  In 2014, The Norwegian Division Got Taken over by Isbjørn Is.
  Also The Danish Division In 2019 got sold to Food Union.
caption: Hemglass' ice cream van in Sweden
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