Trademark Barents
The Barents cooperation has paved the way for the popularity of using “Barents” in commercial businesses.
58 companies in Norway use the name Barents as part of their name. The trend is also widespread in Murmansk, Lapland and northern Sweden.
Want to take a drink at the Barents bar? Sure, no problem, but which one to choose? You find a Barents Bar in Murmansk, Luleå, Longyearbyen and Båtsfjord.
A quick search from the business entity register in Norway gives you an idea on the booming trend. You can actually arrange most of your needs from a company branding the Barents trademark. In the transport business you have Barents Buss and Barents Bil (car), or you can take the Barents Express which is the name of the locomotive on the world’s northern most railway line. In the energy sector, there are Barents Energi, Barents Naturgass, Barents Oil Terminal and the rig Aker Barents.
Looking for real estate; the companies Barents Eiendom and Barents Property can assist and if there is a need for cleaning Barents Renhold is a natural choice.
In the public sector you can get assistance from the Norwegian Barents Secretariat, the International Barents Secretariat, the Swedish Barents Secretariat and the Finnish Barents Secretariat.
Hungry? No problem; Barents Seafood, Barents Sjømat or Barents Fiskeprodukter are all there. Some culture after the meal; there is a wide range of possibilities like the Dansefestival Barents, Barents Danseråd (dance), Barents Musikk og Kulturforum and you even have an entire winter festival named Barents Spektakel.
Sporty? Buy your gear at Barents Sport, join the ski-competition Tour de Barents, swim at Barentsbadet or play football in the large sport hall named Barentshallen.
In the adventure business we have Barents Safari and Barents Event. When you get tired after a long day, there is of course a bed and breakfast named Barents Frokosthotell located on the same square as the conferance centre where the Kirkenes declaration establishing the Barents cooperation was signed in 1993. The majority of companies branding the trademark Barents are located in Kirkenes, the town that likes to name itself as the Capital of the Barents Region.
In the media- and communication business you can contact Barents Communication, Barents Media, Barents Kommunikasjon, BarentsPhoto or simply continue to read this page: BarentsObserver.com
Got lost in the Barents jungle? Don’t worry; soon there will come a Barents Encyclopedia.
