Polarbröd is a  family-owned, value-driven Swedish company that has been baking the traditional breads of northern Sweden for more than 100 years. Our vision is to create opportunities to eat good and healthy food now and for generations to come. The family has been baking bread in Älvsbyn in northern Sweden since 1879. Today the company is owned by the children and grandchildren of the founders of the modern Polarbröd, Greta and Gösta Nilsson. Over the years the company has developed into a corporation, the Polarbröd Group. Karin Bodin, who is part of the family’s fifth generation of bakers, is the CEO of the corporation.

The corporation has an annual turnover of about 1,4 mkr and employs 269 people. The parent company, Polarbrödsgruppen AB, provides business support  and focuses on issues of long-term, strategic importance. Polarkraft AB produces renewable energy to meet the corporation’s electricity needs, primarily wind power from the company’s wind turbines. Polarbröd owns 51% of Polfärskt Bröd, which provides support and service to 25 independently owned distribution companies who deliver fresh Polarbröd to grocery stores throughout Sweden every day – from Gällivare in the north to Malmö in the south. And PolarVentures which invests in companies and development projects within the food system.

All operations are to be resource-efficient
The corporation is to be self-sufficient in renewable energy
We strive to have completely sustainable inputs
Transports and business travel are to be characterized by sustainable mobility

The Polarbröd Corporation in brief:
The corporation consists of Polarbrödsgruppen and three subsidiaries, Polarbröd, Polarrenen, who themselves have 14 subsidiaries and PolarVentures. The corporation employs 269 people who focus on everything from baking bread and managing real estate properties, to sustainability to renewable energy and investments in companies that contribute to the transformation of the food system – to benefit the health of both people and the planet.

2024 in numbers:

Turnover 1 436 Mkr.
Production We bake around 30 000 tons of bread annually.
Real Estate Polarrenen owns 14 properties.
Wind power We own five wind turbines that produced 33,6 GWh 2024, which is  more than the corporation uses.
Certifications Polarbröd’s bakeries have BRC and ISO 14001 certifications. Our bakery in Bredbyn is also Krav-certified.
Locations We have three locations in northern Sweden: Älvsbyn, Bredbyn and Umeå.
Our markets Polarbröd is Sweden’s third-largest producer of bread. We bake traditional northern-Swedish flatbreads, including soft thinbreads and crisp thinbreads. We also produce a range of ready-made sandwiches. Our breads are available in grocery stores throughout Sweden and in some European markets. We also sell Polarbröd  products to foodservice and industry customers in Sweden. Norway is our largest export market. Polarrenen’s areas of business include renewable energy, real estate and leasing.  Polarrenen’s properties are located in cities along the eastern coast of northern Sweden.