Register No. 098
Is Vivaldi European?
Yes. Vivaldi is under verified European control.
Vivaldi has no outside investors. Founder and CEO Jon von Tetzchner controls it: his Norwegian holding company owns 81 percent. One caveat: he was born in Iceland, but the Norwegian shareholder data lists him with an address in the United States.
Latest
Nothing new on file since the check on 30 October 2026. Seen news about Vivaldi? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- Founder and CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, through his holding company Vivaldi Invest AS (81.3 percent)
- Control sits in
- Norway
- Legal entity
- Vivaldi Technologies AS
- Company register
- Brønnøysund Register Centre (Enhetsregisteret) · 912 309 975
- Seat
Oslo, Norway- Founded
- 2013
- Last checked
About Vivaldi
Vivaldi is a web browser for computers and phones with built-in mail, calendar and feed reader. It is made by Vivaldi Technologies AS in Oslo, Norway, which also has staff in Iceland. The browser is free and earns money through partner deals, for example with search engines.
Ownership
Vivaldi Technologies AS (Oslo) is 81.276 percent owned by Vivaldi Invest AS (Oslo, org. no. 998 529 344). Vivaldi Invest AS is 100 percent owned by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner. About 62 other holders own the rest, each with less than 3 percent.
Evidence 5
- Brønnøysund register data for Vivaldi Technologies AS (org. no. 912 309 975)data.brreg.no ↗
- Proff shareholder list for Vivaldi Technologies AS (Vivaldi Invest AS 81.276 percent)proff.no ↗
- Proff shareholder list for Vivaldi Invest AS (Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner 100 percent)proff.no ↗
- Vivaldi: headquartered in Norway, employee-owned, no external investorsvivaldi.com ↗
- Vivaldi company page: based in Norway and Icelandvivaldi.com ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Vivaldi Browser
vivaldi.com ↗Web browser from Norway
A Norwegian developer puts Vivaldi outside the reach of the American companies that build most browsers, so it works as a European alternative for people who would rather not run Chrome, Edge or Safari. It suits anyone who wants their browser, the piece of software they spend the most time in, to come from a smaller European company.
- Instead of
- Google Chrome
- Suits
- Anyone wanting a browser from a European company
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Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Cloudflare | Not European | A 104.20.29.157, 172.66.165.60 · AS13335 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | mail.vivaldi.com | Unknown | MX 10 mail.vivaldi.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Direct or undisclosed mail senders | Unknown | SPF v=spf1 ip4:31.209.137.20 ip4:31.209.137.31 -all [1] |
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