1881 Group (private company)

1881 Group (formerly Opplysningen 1881 AS) is a Norwegian provider of directory services via phone and SMS, with more than 130 years of experience.

1881 Group has its roots back to 1881 and is now a subsidiary of Kistefos, which became a shareholder in 2007 when Opplysningen and the Kistefos portfolio company Carrot Communications merged. In 2010, Opplysningen 1881 was split into Opplysningen 1881, which consisted of the traditional directory services, Digitale Medier 1881, which consisted of the 1881.no web site, and Intelecom which provided B2B telecom services. Intelecom was subsequently sold to Herkules Private Equity in 2010 and Digitale Medier 1881 was sold to Amedia in 2013.