Nordic Service Partners
{{Short description|Nordic fast food franchisee}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Nordic Service Partners Holding AB
| logo = Nordic Service Partners logo.jpg
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| image = Burger King Brålanda.jpg
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| image_caption = Burger King in Brålanda, Sweden
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| industry = Fast food restaurants
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| founded = 2004
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| hq_location_city = Bromma
| hq_location_country = Sweden
| area_served = Sweden and Denmark
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| parent = Etib Holding
| website = [https://www.nordicservicepartners.se/ nordicservicepartners.se]
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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.[https://www.hannessnellman.com/news-views/references/hannes-snellman-counsel-to-etib-holding-in-the-public-offer-to-shareholders-of-nsp-burger-king-kfc-tgi-friday-s/ 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.[https://news.cision.com/se/nordic-service-partners/r/nsp--nsp-koper-euroburger---omsattningen-okar-100-mkr,c284004 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.[https://www.nordicservicepartners.se/om-nsp/historik/ 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.[https://news.cision.com/se/burger-king/r/burger-king-firar-35-ar-pa-gustav-adolfs-torg-i-malmo-och-bjuder-alla-35-aringar-pa-gratis-whopper,c9149940 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.[https://politiken.dk/pol_oplys/art4751061/Hvorn%C3%A5r-%C3%A5bnede-den-f%C3%B8rste-Burger-King-i-Danmark 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.[https://www.nordicservicepartners.se/media/1037/nsp-a-rsredovisning-2014.pdf 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.[https://news.cision.com/se/nordic-service-partners-holding-ab/r/nsp-aktien-avnoteras,c2040871 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."[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/02/05/607402/0/sv/KFC-KENTUCKY-FRIED-CHICKEN-LANSERAS-I-SVERIGE-AV-NORDIC-SERVICE-PARTNERS-HOLDING-AB.html Globalnewswire.com. KFC (KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN) LANSERAS I SVERIGE AV NORDIC SERVICE PARTNERS HOLDING AB. (in Swedish)] Retrieved 3 August 2020[https://www.thelocal.se/20140205/kfc-to-bring-finger-lickin-good-chicken-to-sweden The 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.[https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-02-19/kfc-oppnar-forst-i-malmo-men-inte-pa-stortorget 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.[https://www.kfc.nu/vaara-restauranger/ 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.[https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2014-06-24-fastfood-kaeder-brugte-ulovlig-arbejdskraft 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.[https://www.thelocal.dk/20150728/tgi-fridays-kicks-open-its-doors-in-copenhagen The Local. TGI Fridays kicks open its doors in Copenhagen.] Retrieved 3 August 2020 Operations of TGI Fridays in Denmark ceased in 2020.[https://ekstrabladet.dk/underholdning/livsstil/verdensberoemt-restaurantkaede-taet-paa-konkurs/10408971 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.[https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE10637035/fastfoodgigant-taber-millioner-skyder-skylden-paa-metrobyggeri/?ctxref=ext Finans.dk. Fastfood-gigant taber millioner - skyder skylden på metrobyggeri. (in Danish)] Retrieved 3 August 2020
Image gallery of NSP restaurants
File:KFC Mölndal 2021.jpg|{{center|KFC in Mölndal}}
File:Tacobar i Stockholm (cropped).jpg|{{center|Taco Bar in Norrmalm, Stockholm}}
File:Frederiksberggade, Copenhagen 2019-06.jpg|{{center|Burger King on Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen}}
File:Sønderborg Burger King 12.jpg|{{center|Burger King drive-thru, Sønderborg}}
References
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External links
[https://www.nordicservicepartners.se/ Official website] (in Swedish)