Bjørn Holmsen

Bjørn Holmsen (born 1948) is a Norwegian entrepreneur in the nut business.

His entrepreneur career started in 1989 with the company Nøttolf. The first factory was situated in an Oslo basement of 6 square metres. The production was split between nuts sent to kiosks and restaurants in bulk, and special nuts sold in small bag packages. The latter division was sold to the Orkla Group in 1995, in order to strengthen the snack brand KiMs. In addition to the sales fee of , Holmsen penned a royalty deal for future sales by the Nøttolf brand, but the sale declined somewhat. He was also denied the option of starting a competitor company within packaged nuts between 1995 and 2000. However, in the late 1990s he started a new company Den Lille Nøttefabrikken. In 1999 the company moved into a 3,000 square metre factory at Bjørnerud near Hauketo.