Hjem-IS (

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and

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), Hemglass (

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) or Kotijäätelö (

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), all meaning "Home Ice Cream", is a

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brand of

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. It is known for its distribution system, being delivered to people's homes by its light blue

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s 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

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; 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. A parent company, Hjem-IS Europa A/S, existed from 1991 to 2008, and was headquartered in

Kolding Kolding () is a Denmark, Danish seaport city located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industria ...

, Denmark. The company also operated in the

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in certain regions from at least 1989 until the early 2000s. The group was a subsidiary of

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. ( ) is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 20 ...

from 2002 until 31 December 2013, when Nestlé sold the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish divisions to three different companies. The Finnish division has been closed The Swedish part, Hemglass, was sold to Varsego Sverige AB. In 2014, The Norwegian division was over by Isbjørn Is. Hjem-IS Denmark was sold to a group of 4 investors at no cost, merging it with their company ''Viking Is''. The combined entity was later sold to ice cream maker Premier Is, also a former Nestlé subsidiary and now owned by Food Union, in 2017.

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Hjem-IS (Denmark)

Hjem-IS (Norway)

Hemglass (Sweden)

Miscellaneous

Hjem-IS... en ikke helt almindelig iskiosk
— Interview with Hjem-IS Europa managing director Claus Astrup-Larsen and company background * {{Nestlé Food and drink companies of Denmark Retail companies of Denmark Danish companies established in 1968 Ice cream vans Nestlé brands Companies based in Aabenraa Municipality