The company
West Norway AS has exported Norwegian salted fish since 1957, and today does so as part of the Jangaard Group.
West Norway AS
Founded in 1957 and known in the markets as Bacalanor, West Norway AS has exported dry-salted fish for more than six decades. The company is today among the world's three largest exporters of bacalhau, shipping approximately 22,000 tonnes each year to retailers and distributors across four continents.
From the head office in Ålesund and an office in Qingdao, the company supplies salted, desalted and frozen fish of consistent quality, with full traceability and food-safety control at every stage.
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Ownership
West Norway AS is a subsidiary of Jangaard Export AS, the parent company of a group of seafood companies rooted in Ålesund, whose work in the Norwegian fish trade reaches back to 1931. Together, the group covers the entire journey from catch to plate — sourcing along the coast, wet- and dry-salting, freezing, brokerage and worldwide export, and, in Italy, delivery to the consumer.
It is a partnership built on shared expertise and a common standard of quality. Where one company's competence ends, another's begins — giving customers a single, dependable source for salted, dried, frozen and fresh whitefish.
The group
Specialists in their own right — and considerably stronger together.
Since 1931 · Production
The parent company of the group and one of Norway's leading producers and exporters of wet and dried salted fish, with nine processing facilities along the Norwegian coast.
jangaard.no →
West-Norway ASSince 1957 · Global export
Dry-salted, desalted and frozen fish for international retailers — one of the world's leading exporters of bacalhau, trading under the Bacalanor brand.
This website →
North Atlantic · Frozen
The group's frozen-seafood specialist — cod, haddock, saithe, halibut, redfish and shellfish from the North Atlantic, shipped worldwide. MSC certified.
polarsea.no →
Ålesund · Brokerage
Norway's dedicated whitefish brokerage, connecting producers and buyers across the value chain with speed, trust and deep market knowledge.
molja.no →
Since 1903 · Italy · Retail & foodservice
A benchmark name for salt cod and stockfish in Italy — selecting, soaking and packing bacalhau for retail and hospitality, all the way to the Italian table.
baccalamonti.com →Together, the group sources, salts, dries, freezes, trades and exports the full range of whitefish — from a single fillet to full container loads.
Contact
For enquiries and orders, please contact our head office in Ålesund — with the resources of the wider group behind us.
