Teddy was a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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brand
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of
cigarettes, owned by the multinational company
British American Tobacco
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. Cigarettes were manufactured by the Norwegian
subsidiary of BAT (formerly "Dr. J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik").
History
Around 1905, after the establishment of the British-American Tobacco Co., (Norway) Ltd. in Oslo, there was an ongoing tobacco 'war.' The conflict was between the American tobacco trust (led by American Tobacco Company's James 'Buck' Duke) and the Norwegian manufacturers. In the
United States
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president
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt was fighting the American trust/enterprise, and he was seen as an ally by the Norwegian manufacturers. In 1914 J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik honored Roosevelt by launching a cigarette brand named Teddy. The trust war in Norway ended in November/December 1930 when BAT (Norway) was split between BATCO (45%), Tiedemann (45%), DnC (5%) - a bank, Andresens Bank (5%) - a bank owned by the Andresen family, the real owners of J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik, when A/S Norsk-Engelsk Tobakkfabrikk (NETO) was established. In November 1933 NETO was completely in the hands of J. L. Tiedemanns.
In a commercial shown on early Norwegian TV, Teddy was presented as a cigarette for sportsmen and physically active Norwegians.
The brand was introduced in 1914 and the cigarettes use a
Virginia tobacco
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Types
Aromatic Fire-cured
Prior to the Ame ...
. The brand was discontinued in 2010.
See also
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Tobacco smoking
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References
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