Olvi

In 1878 Master Brewer William Gideon Åberg and his wife Onni founded a brewery in Iisalmi for the purpose of fighting drunkenness.

In the spirit of Zacharias Topelius they wanted to offer milder alternatives to citizens possessed by a lust for spirits.

At the time there were about 78 breweries operating in Finland.  

Olvi is the only one of them that has remained as an independent Finnish company.