Notes

1 Interview with Georg Stokke 21.3.1997. 2 Grytten 2004, p. 45. 3 Grytten 2004, s 97. 4 Board minutes 10.1.1956. 5 Skjåk Bræk 1990, p. 95. 6 Høidal 1997, p. 33. 7 Møbelavisa no. 1. 1966. 8 Møbelavisa no. 2 1964. 9 Møbelavisa no. 2 1966. 10 Møbelavisa no. 4 1964. 11 Møbelavisa no. 4. 1966. 12 Note from Gerhard Berg, 23.8.2007. NMFS's archives. 13 Møbelavisa no. 3 1964. 14 Grytten 2004. p. 122. 15 Møbelavisa no. 1 1964. 16 Agreement between Malvin Vegsund and Blindheim Møbelfabrikk AS and

Stokke Fabrikker AS 15 October 1968. 17 Møbelavisa no. 2 1968 18 Skjåk Bræk 1990, p. 99 and interview with Lai Ryste, Stranda 29.11.06. 19 Note from Inge Langlo 28.8.07. 20 Interview with Per Natvig 22.5.2005. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives.

Møbelavisa no. 1 1972. 21 Møbelavisa no. 4 1965. 22 Møbelavisa no. 1 1972. 23 Høidal 2000, p. 132. 24 Høidal 2000, p. 132. 25 Høidal 2000, p. 128. 26 IRAS: General plan for developing the facilities. 16.10.1963, p.17. 27 IRAS 1963, pp. 12-13. 28 Møbelavisa no. 4 1964. 29 Stokke Internt, July 1998. 30 Sunnmørsposten 4.1.1964. 31 Sunnmørsposten 5.5.1965. 32 Møbelavisa no. 3 1968. 33 Interview with Kristian Røvreit, Hildre, 10.4.2007. 34 Stokke Internt, July 2000. 35 Stokke Internt, July 1998. 36 Tre og Møbler no. 5, 1972. 37 Sunnmørsposten 15.4.1972. 38 Sunnmørsposten 21.1.1976. 39 Sunnmørsposten 25.11.1967. 40 Sunnmørsposten 16.10.1982. 41 Møbelavisa no. 3 1967. 42 Widar Halén: De første norske plastmøblene ... I Høidal 2000, p. 57. 43 Op.cit. p. 63. Møbelavisa no. 2 1968. 44 Pressemelding fra Westnofa Industrier. Not dated. (March 1968) 45 Grytten 2004 p. 140. 46 Stokke Internt, December 2000, p. 4. 47 Letter from Stokke Fabrikker to Westnofa Industrier 13.1.1970. 48 Board minutes Westnofa Industrier 10.12.1969. 49 Press release from Westnofa Industrier. Not dated. (March 1968) 50 Letter to Bergen Privatbank AS from Paul Brautaset about milder credit terms 29.9.1969. 51 Reports following a company visit by Knut Dønsett in 1968/69, in Board binder from Chairman of the Board Inge Langlo, Stranda. NMFS's archives. 52 Letter from Westnofa Industrier to Distriktenes utbyggingsfond 30.9.1969. 53 Board minutes Westnofa Industrier AS 3.11.1969. 54 Print-out from extraordinary general assembly 19.3.1968. 55 Sunnmørsposten 22.10.1970. 56 Interview with Terje Klauseth, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. 57 Møbelavisa no. 1 1971. 58 Møbelavisa no. 2 1971. 59 Note from Paul Brautaset to Operational Manager Knut Dønsett 18.11.1971. 60 Letter from Paul Brautaset to the Development Department in Molde 16.11.1971. 61 Interview with former Chairman of the Board in Westnofa Industrier,

Inge Langlo, 14.10.06.

62 Interview with Odd Slettaøyen, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. 63 Board minutes 12.1.1972. 64 Board minutes 14.1.1972. 65 Sunnmørsposten 14.3.1972. 66 Interview with Terje Klauseth, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. 67 Interview with Paul Gerh. Røsvik, Ålesund 22.9.2006. 68 Sunnmørsposten 26.4.1978. 69 Møbelavisa no. 2 1969. 70 Sunnmørsposten 16.2.1972. 71 Møbelavisa no. 1 1974. 72 Møbelavisa no. 2 1971. 73 Peter Opsvik: Balans Seating – the story of its discovery. Westnofa, p. 1. Not dated. 74 Møbelavisa no. 1 1973. 75 Møbelavisa no. 2 1975. 76 Interview with Kjell Stokka, Stavanger, January 2003. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives. 77 Interview with Lasse Thorset, Oslo, May 2005. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives. 78 Letter from Ingemar Almgren to Swedish retailers. Not dated. (1977) 79 Møbelavisa no. 1 1974. 80 Møbelavisa no. 1 1974. 81 Møbelavisa no. 2 1973. 82 Møbelavisa no. 1. 1978. 83 Møbelavisa no. 2 1973. 84 Interview with Jens Petter Ekornes, Sykkylven 5.6. 2007. 85 Sunnmørsposten 17.12.1975. 86 Sunnmørsposten 26.4.1978. 87 Møbelavisa no. 4 1976. 88 SSB. Historical statistics. Commodity table 19.1. 89 Stokke Industri AP. Annual accounts 1983. 90 Stokke Industri AP. Annual accounts 1983, p. 8. 91 Møbelavisa no. 1 1980. 92 Sunnmørsposten 16.10.1982. 93 Sunnmørsposten 16.10.1982. 94 Interview with Svein Gusrud, Oslo 18.9.1996. NMFS's archives. 95 Peter Opsvik: Balans Seating. The story of its discovery. Westnofa, p. 2. 96 Peter Opsvik: Balans Seating. The story of its discovery. Westnofa, p. 4. 97 Interview with Svein Gusrud, Oslo 18.9.1996. 98 Interview with Alf Midtbust, Oslo 2.11.1995. 99 Sunnmørsposten 2.6.1981. 100 Sunnmørsposten 22.9.1982. 101 Sunnmørsposten 11.1.1983. 102 Møbelavisa no. 1 1982. 103 Statistics from Stolick KCJ SI, Slovenia 13.1.2004. Kåre Stokke's archives. 104 Customer notification 2 1978. Tripp Trapp information. Not dated. Stokke Fabriker AB. Stokke AS's archives. 105 Interview with Ingemar Almgren, Sweden 4.6.2004. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives. Tripp Trapp information. Not dated (1977). Stokke AS's archives. 106 Interview with Ingemar Almgren, Sweden 4.6.2004. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives. 107 Sunnmørsposten 29.3.1983. 108 Møbelavisa no. 2 and 3 1982. 109 Stokke Industri AS. Annual accounts 1983, p. 4. 110 Sunnmørsposten 7.6.1984. 111 Sunnmørsposten 15.6.1985. 112 Sunnmørsposten 15.6.1985. 113 Sunnmørsposten 27.8.1985. 114 Møbelavisa no. 2 1985. 115 Jevnaker 1995, p. 289. 116 Interview with Jan-Erik Vahlne 3.6.2004. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives. 117 Møbelavisa no. 2 1968. 118 Møbelavisa no. 2 1986. 119 Interview with Roar Hauge-Nilsen 11.7.2006. NMFS's archives. 120 Op.cit. 121 Interview with Wolfgang Krüssmann, April 2003. By Lars Olausen. NMFS's archives.

122 Stokke Internal life, September 1996, p. 2. 123 Crantz 2000, p. 116. 124 Stokke Industri AS. Annual report and accounts 1986. 125 Stokke Industri AS. Annual report and accounts 1987. 126 Interview with Roar Hauge-Nilsen, Ålesund 5.7.2007. 127 Stokke Industri AS. Annual report 1993. 128 Stokke Industri AP. Annual accounts 1988, p. 4. 129 Jevnaker 1995, p. 301. 130 Interview with Kristine Landmark, Skodje 14.12.2006. 131 Jevnaker 1995, p. 307. 132 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1989. 133 Interview with Odd Slettaøyen and Steinar Loe, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. Møbelavisa no. 1 1980. 134 Stokke Internt, December 2000, p. 5. 135 Møbelavisa no. 1 1980. 136 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report and accounts 1983, p. 5. 137 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report and accounts 1984, p. 6. 138 Møbelavisa no. 2 1984. 139 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1988, p. 4. 140 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1990, p. 6. 141 Stokke Internal Life November/December 1995, p. 3. 142 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1990. 143 Interview with Roar Hauge-Nilsen 11.7.2006. 144 Jevnaker 1995, p. 309. 145 Note from Even Wahr-Hansen 19.6.2007. NMFS's archives. 146 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1993, p. 8. 147 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1994, p. 7. 148 Jevnaker 1995, p. 305. 149 Trearbeideren no. 1 2003. Interview with Kjell Storeide. Also in Høidal 2004, p. 241. 150 NæringsNytt October 1997, p. 39. 151 Sunnmørsposten 17.4.1996. 152 Interview with Kjell Storeide, Ålesund 18.8.2006. 153 Jevnaker 1995, p. 305. 154 Jevnaker 1995, p. 304. 155 Board minutes Stokke Fabrikker AS 26.8.1998. 156 Interview with Ingemar Almgren, Tranås 4.6.2004. By Lars Olausen. 157 Interview with Kjell Storeide, Ålesund 18.8.2006. 158 Jevnaker 1995, p. 306. 159 Stokke Internal Life, February 1997, p. 5. 160 Interview with Bjørn Gjerde, Ålesund 18.8.2006. 161 Stokke Industri. Annual report 1988, p. 5. 162 Stokke Industri AS. Annual report 1989, p. 5. 163 Stokke Industri AS. Annual report 1993, p. 8. 164 Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen 5.3.1998. 165 Vågå Municpality's website. Print-out 15.11.2002. NMFS's archives. Scrapbook. 166 Stokke Industri AS. Annual accounts 1983, p. 6. 167 Stokke Internt, December 1997, p. 4. 168 Sunnmørsposten 21.12.1988. 169 Sunnmørsposten 13.6.1990. 170 Sunnmørsposten 21.12.1988. 171 Sunnmørsposten 27.10.1990. 172 Stokke Industri annual report 1990, p. 6. 173 Interview with Rune Stokke, 21.11.06. 174 Interview with Kjell Storeide, Ålesund 18.8.2006. 175 Høidal 2000, p. 206. 176 Sunnmørsposten 8.5.1998. 177 Interview with Rune Stokke, Ålesund 21.11.2006. NMFS's archives. 178 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1997, p. 13. 179 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1998, p. 13. 180 Møre-Nytt 10.1.1998. 181 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1991, p. 6. 182 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1992, p. 8 183 Stokke Internt, July 1998, p. 5. 184 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1996, p. 13. 185 Stokke Internt, June 1997, p. 5. 186 Åndalsnes Avis 24.1.1998. The newspaper wrongly states that the number of employees in 1997 was 183. This should be 173 according to the annual report for 1997. 187 Sunnmørsposten 14.10.1997. 188 Stokke Internt, December 1997, p. 5. 189 Grytten 1998, p. 347. 190 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report and accounts 1984, p. 3. 191 Fylket 5.10.1989. 192 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1989, p. 5. 193 Stokke Industri AP. Annual report 1991, p. 6. 194 Grytten 1998, p. 353. 195 Sunnmørsposten 14.12.2006. 196 Note from Kjell Storeide 22.5.2007. NMFS's archives. 197 Stokke Internt, February 2000. 198 Note from Even Wahr-Hansen 19.6.2007. 199 Interview with Odd Slettaøyen and Steinar Loe, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. 200 Production statistics, LIK Stolik, Kocevje. 14.4.2004. 201 Division Children – Presentation to the Board of Stokke Gruppen April 2001. 202 Division Children – Presentation to the Board of Stokke Gruppen April 2001. 203 Sunnmørsposten 15.6.1985. 204 Note from Kjell Storeide 1.8.2007. 205 Stokke Internt, July 1998, p. 7. 206 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1999, p. 4. 207 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2001, p. 12. 208 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1998, p. 10. 209 Interview with Rune Stokke, Ålesund 21.11.06. 210 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1998, p. 13. 211 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2001, p. 12. 212 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2001, p. 12. 213 Internal Life Magazine, March 2002, p. 5. 214 Internal Life Magazine, March 2002, p. 4. 215 Internal Life Magazine, July 2002, p. 1. 216 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2003, p. 12. 217 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2004, p. 6. 218 www.sanz.no/index – Variér. 26.1.2007. 219 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1999, p. 13. 220 Stokke Internt December 1997, p. 5. 221 Møre-Nytt 17.1.1998. 222 Møre-Nytt 17.10.1998 223 Stokke Internt, December 2001, p. 12. 224 Stokke Internt, May 2002, p. 3. 225 Note from former Group CEO Kjell Storeide 16.1.2007. 226 Møre-Nytt 11.09.2004. 227 Møre-Nytt 30.9.2004. 228 Møre-Nytt 11.12.2004. 229 Møre-Nytt 10.8.2004. 230 Sunnmøringen 28.1.2006. 231 Sunnmørsposten 28.12.2005. 232 Romsdals Budstikke 4.9.1998. 233 Stokke Internt, July 1998, p. 4. 234 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 1999, p. 13. 235 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2000, p. 13. 236 Stokke Internt, December 2000, p.4. 237 Stokke Internt, December 2000, p. 4. 238 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2001, p. 13. 239 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2002, p. 3. 240 Stokke Internt, July 1998, p. 5. 241 Interview with Odd Slettaøyen and Steinar Loe, Åndalsnes 21.2.2007. 242 Interview with Rune Stokke, Ålesund 21.11.2006. 243 Internal Life Magazine, May 2004, p. 9. 244 Verdens Gang 17.6. 2006. 245 Internal Life Magazine, December 2003, p. 16. 246 Internal Life Magazine, June 2005, p. 4. 247 Interview with Keld Korsager, Ålesund 14.10.2006. 248 Internal Life Magazine, December 2002, p. 14. 249 Internal Life Magazine, May 2004, p. 8. 250 Stokke Gruppen. Annual report 2000, p. 13. 251 Stokke Internt, no. 4 2001, p. 2. 252 Annual report 2005, Stokke AS, p. 6.

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