EF Education First/Signum International SARL

• Universal Care SARL: B83591
  • EF Student Travel AB
    • EF Cultural Tours/EF Education BV
      • EF Education AB
      • EF Education AS
      • EF Education OY
      • EF Education ApS
      • EF Education Ltd
        • EF Ett Studieår Utomlands
        • EF Global Transport AB
        • Akire Services AB
      • EF Foundation
      • Hult
    • Erika Försäkringsaktiebolag/Erika Insurance

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History

My previous articles about the Hult empire were about Signum and Erika. In this post I thought I would let you know more about the Norwegian corner of the firm.

 

1965: Ef Education Aktiebolag (987 380 780) was established and registered in 2004. Its official address is in Stockholm, Sweden.

1975: Ef Education Den Europeiske Ferieskolen AS (919 782 463) was established in Norway and registered in 1989. In 2011 its name was changed to EF Education First AS. EF Education First AS is considered a subsidiary of EF Education BV (who is a subsidiary of EF Colleges Ltd.).

• EF Education Bv holds 100% of its stock.
• Kirsti Kollenborg has followed the company for a very long time.
• The Board of Directors per 2014 consists of:
• –    Björn Daniel Bengtsson (Zurich) – Chairman*
  
• –    Per Jonas Kjerfve – Member **
• –    Reserve: Kirsti Kollenborg (kirsti.kollenborg@ef.com)
• –    Manager: Lena Sjøttem (lena.sjottem@ef.no)
• In 2011 Kirsti Kollenborg was made CEO of the company.
• EF Education First AS employs 19 people. It is the largest for-profit exchange firm in Norway.

2004: Ef Education Aktiebolag (987 380 772) was established in Norway with Kirsti Kollenborg as contact person with c/o EF Education AS. Its official address is in Stockholm, Sweden.

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* Björn Daniel Bengtsson: In addition to his position in Ef Education First AS NO, Mr. Bengtsson also holds senior positions in the following firms:

• Ef International Language Schools Limited,
• EF Servicios de Suporto SA,
• EF Education (Deutschland) GmbH,
• EF Education First A/S DK,
• EF Education OY,
• Cultural Care Germany GmbH,
• EF Online Learning Ltd.,
• EF Escuela Internacional de Espanõl SA
• Acne Norway AS (owned by Acne Studios AB),
• Rutistrasse AB – 56 Rutistrasse Zurich

** Per Jonas Kjerfve additional positions are in the following firms:

• EF Education First A/S DK,
• ERIKA Försäkringsaktiebolag,
• EF Education Aktiebolag,
• EF Education Aktiebolag, filial i Finland,
• EF Education Oy,
• EF Cultural Tours AB,
• Akire Services AB,
• Cultural Care Sweden AB,
• Cultural Care Finland Oy,
• Ecom Fastighetsaktiebolag,
• J. Kjerfve Handelsbolag

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2001: Gratis skole koster flesk

2005: De kalte meg hore

2005: Utvekslingsmareritt

2006: Kvalitetskontrollen god nok

2007: Selskaper tilknyttet Reisegarantifondet

2009: When a foreign exchange year goes bad

2010: Hostage in America

2010: Barn på fylleturer, eller …?

2010: Språkreise var partyferie for mindreårige

2010: Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbman for Minnesota interviewed re problems with the exchange industry

2011: 10/487: Avslag på søknad om å delta på utvekslingsprogram var i strid med diskriminerings- og tilgjengelighetsloven

2011: Diabetes stoppet studiedrømmen

2012: Tilbakeviser kritikken

2012: Complaint to the US Department of State against EF and their representative Nettie Lowery

2012: EFs svar på høringsutkastet fra Kunnskapsdepartementet

2012: Ble sendt hjem etter at vertsfamilien leste hennes private SMS

2013: 15-åring plassert hos kjederøykende vertsmor

2013: Morten Davidsen (morten.davidsen@ef.com) previous country manager for Norway now works for the Hong Kong branch of EF

2013: USA drømmen ble et mareritt for Trude (17)

2014: All Nippon Airways (ANA) partnered with EF Education

2014: Bertil Hult NOK 26 milliarder

2014: Reiste hjem til Norge