Royal Greenland

About Royal Greenland

Royal Greenland A/S is a Greenland-based seafood company with its head office in Nuuk and 100% ownership by the Greenlandic Government. It describes itself as a truly vertically integrated business, combining fishing, landing, processing, sales, and market support to bring wild-caught seafood from the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean to customers around the world.

The company serves retail, foodservice, and industrial customers across global markets, with local sales organizations in regions such as Europe, Asia, and North America. Its market position is built around premium wild-caught seafood, strong food safety standards, and close proximity between landing, processing, and customer supply.

Royal Greenland also presents itself as a company with a societal role in Greenland: it supports local employment, community resilience, and competence development, while operating under a purpose of unlocking value for resilient futures.

Core Values

• Sustainability: Royal Greenland emphasizes responsible fishing, certified fisheries, and careful use of marine resources, with sustainability embedded in its business model and strategy.
• Quality: The company positions quality as central to everything it does, from handling and processing to packaging and food safety standards.
• Transparency: Royal Greenland highlights traceability and clear product information so customers and consumers can understand origin and journey.
• Innovation: The company invests in new processing methods, new species development, and improved packaging and resource utilization to stay competitive and relevant.
• Responsibility to people and place: Royal Greenland links its business to Greenlandic society, employee well-being, and local community development.

Unique Aspects

• Greenlandic state ownership: Royal Greenland is an independent limited liability company with 100% of its shares owned by the Greenlandic Government.
• Vertically integrated supply chain: The company owns and operates more than 40 landing and processing facilities, giving it control from catch to customer.
• Strong Arctic and North Atlantic footprint: Its operations span Greenland, Atlantic Canada, Germany, and other market regions, with local sales teams supporting global customers.
• Certified fisheries focus: Royal Greenland reports that 63% of its raw materials were certified in the 2019-2022 period, and it aims to exceed 75% by 2030.
• Nutaaq® cod concept: The company has invested in a new processing method for cod, developed in cooperation with local fishermen, to create a differentiated product experience.
• Circular processing partnership: Recent KNOWN NEWS indicates a collaboration with fermentation specialists to turn prawn side streams into a high-performance ingredient, showing a practical circular-processing capability.
• Societal contract and local employment role: The company explicitly commits to supporting Greenlandic communities, including jobs, education, and stable supply in smaller settlements.