Private company
Logo: Coop Norge SA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Norwegian hypermarket chain
Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun.2 Its revenue was NOK 10.2 billion in 2021.1 It is part of Coop Norge SA.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
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Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun.2
Obs is part of a group headed by Coop Norge SA. 24 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked.
Before 2001, the stores were only branded as Obs! Stormarked, from 2001 to 2006 as Coop obs!, from 2006 to 2016 as Coop obs! Hypermarked and again from 2016 as Obs.
Some of the Obs stores have Obs BYGG construction and hardware stores.
From Wikipedia’s article on Obs (Coop), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
As of 2024, there are 31 Obs hypermarkets in Norway:
Obs Alnabru
Obs Arendal
Obs Bodø
Obs Bryne
Obs Buskerud
Obs City Lade
Obs City Syd
Obs Elverum
Obs Harstad
Obs Haugenstua
Obs Haugesund
Obs Horisont
Obs Jessheim
Obs Kvadrat
Obs Lagunen
Obs Lillestrøm
Obs Lyngdal
Obs Mariero
Obs Mo i rana
Obs Olrud
Obs Ruhøgda
Obs Rygge
Obs Sandefjord
Obs Sartor
Obs Slitu
Obs Steinkjer
Obs Stormoa
Obs Sørlandssenteret
Obs Tromsø
Obs Vestkanten
Obs Vinterbro
From Wikipedia’s article on Obs (Coop), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
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