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Nordic Service Partners (NSP) is the largest franchisee of Burger King in the Nordic countries as well as being a franchisee of KFC in Sweden. The company is today one of Sweden's largest restaurant companies specialising in fast food restaurants.Hannessnellman.com Retrieved 3 August 2020
History In 2004 NSP started operations with the purchase of 21 Burger King restaurants in Sweden from Burger King Corporation. In 2006 the company bought a chain of 7 Burger King restaurants from Cresco Food in Denmark and in the following year purchased 9 restaurants from Euroburger in southern Sweden.News.cision.com. NSP köper Euroburger – omsättningen ökar 100 Mkr. (in Swedish) Retrieved 3 August 2020 After further acquisitions and new-openings, the company operated over 60 Burger King restaurants in 2015.Nordicservicepartners.se. Historik. (in Swedish) Retrieved 3 August 2020
NSP's Burger King restaurant on Gustav Adolfs torg in Malmö opened in 1976 as the first "BK" in Sweden and the Nordic countries.News.cision.com. Burger King firar 35 år på Gustav Adolfs torg i Malmö. (in Swedish) Retrieved 6 August 2020 The company also runs Denmark's first BK which opened in 1977 on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, as the country's first American-style fast food restaurant.Politiken. Hvornår åbnede den første Burger King i Danmark?. (in Danish) Retrieved 6 August 2020
Until 2014 NSP owned the Taco Bar brand with its 20 franchised Tex-Mex outlets in Sweden.Nordicservicepartners.se. ÅRSREDOVISNING 2014. (in Swedish) Retrieved 8 August 2020
On 20 July 2016, NSP was de-listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange, and became a fully owned subsidiary of Etib Holding II AB.News.cision.com. NSP-aktien avnoteras. (in Swedish) Retrieved 9 August 2020
KFC in Sweden In 2014 NSP signed an agreement with Yum! Brands to launch KFC in Sweden. NSP's managing director Morgan Jallinder said: "As competition in the hamburger industry intensifies, we want to broaden operations and utilise our operational strength in other areas as well."Globalnewswire.com. KFC (KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN) LANSERAS I SVERIGE AV NORDIC SERVICE PARTNERS HOLDING AB. (in Swedish) Retrieved 3 August 2020The Local. KFC's 'finger-lickin'-good' chicken heads to Sweden. Retrieved 3 August 2020
The first KFC restaurant in Sweden opened in Lockarp near Malmö in 2015.Sydsvenskan. KFC öppnar först i Malmö – men inte på Stortorget. (in Swedish) Retrieved 8 August 2020 As of 2025 there were 24 restaurants in Sweden.KFC Sweden. Hitta oss. (in Swedish) Retrieved 26 July 2024
NSP in Denmark In 2014 the Danish press reported that NSP had been fined 50000 Danish Kroner for breaking working time regulations for foreign students. "We didn't know about the rule with the weekly time limit" said the company's Danish director Peter Nielsen.Fastfood-kæder brugte ulovlig arbejdskraft. (in Danish) Retrieved 20 March 2022
NSP opened its first branch of TGI Fridays in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2015. The company invested 30 million kroner renovating the venue on Højbro Plads in the centre of Copenhagen.The Local. TGI Fridays kicks open its doors in Copenhagen. Retrieved 3 August 2020 Operations of TGI Fridays in Denmark ceased in 2020.Ekstra Bladet. Verdensberømt restaurantkæde tæt på konkurs. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
In 2017 the Danish subsidiary of NSP made a loss of 6.7 million kroner, the fifth successive year of losses, which it blamed on the effects of construction work for the Copenhagen Metro.Finans.dk. Fastfood-gigant taber millioner - skyder skylden på metrobyggeri. (in Danish) Retrieved 3 August 2020
In 2026, NSP became KFC's new franchisee in Denmark, after the bankruptcy of the previous franchise-holder.DR.dk. Efter kyllingefifleri og konkurs: KFC genåbner i Danmark. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
Image gallery of NSP restaurants
References
External links Official website (in Swedish)