Vila Nova de Gaia Port house founded in 1865 by Norwegians Theodor Wiese and Dankert Krohn. The first recorded Krohn shipments went to Stockholm and Copenhagen — making this one of the cleanest historical PT ↔ Nordic crossings in the corridor.
Wiese & Krohn was founded in 1865 by two Norwegians — Theodor Wiese and Dankert Krohn — and the very first recorded Krohn shipments went to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Eindhoven. That Norwegian heritage has translated into a long-running Nordic distribution position: multiple Krohn Colheita vintages (including 2003 and 2005) are documented in Sweden's Systembolaget assortment, alongside Krohn 20 Year Old Tawny and Vintage Port references stocked through Nordic specialist channels.
The Wiese & Krohn story is one of the most direct PT ↔ Nordic crossings in the corridor: a Portuguese Port wine house that traces its origins to two Norwegian founders, with shipping lanes back to Scandinavia from year one. For NorthSouth HQ readers, the brand is a useful reference point for how Portuguese premium-wine producers build durable Nordic distribution by leaning into long-standing trade history rather than treating the market as a new geography.
Wiese & Krohn sits inside the Sogevinus portfolio alongside Kopke, Burmester, Cálem and Barros. The house’s historic Norwegian-founded heritage gives it a distinctive corridor story: a Port label born from Bergen-area founders in 1865, now operating from Vila Nova de Gaia under a Portugal-headquartered owner whose top-5 export markets include Denmark. In April 2026 the Sogevinus group rebranded as the Kopke Group, with Wiese & Krohn retained as a heritage brand inside the consolidated structure.
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