DNV

international certification body and classification society
Organization business Q18455539
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DNV

Summary

DNV is a business[1]. DNV ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • DNV was a member of Verband der Technischen Überwachungs-Vereine[3].
  • DNV was a member of Biodiversity data publishers from Norway[4].
  • DNV is in the country of Norway[5].
  • DNV's image is recorded as DNV hq Norway.JPG[6].
  • DNV's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • DNV's instance of is recorded as classification society[8].
  • DNV's owned by is recorded as Det Norske Veritas Foundation[9].
  • DNV's owned by is recorded as Det Norske Veritas[10].
  • DNV's logo image is recorded as DNV GL logo.svg[11].
  • DNV's headquarters location is recorded as Bærum Municipality[12].
  • DNV's chief executive officer is recorded as Remi Eriksen[13].
  • DNV's ISNI is recorded as 0000000099898439[14].
  • DNV's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 307321840[15].
  • DNV's GND ID is recorded as 1049771176[16].
  • DNV's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2014011566[17].
  • DNV's IdRef ID is recorded as 179877623[18].
  • DNV's child organization or unit is recorded as DNV GL (Netherlands)[19].
  • DNV's child organization or unit is recorded as DNV GL (United Kingdom)[20].
  • DNV's child organization or unit is recorded as DNV GL (Germany)[21].
  • DNV's industry is recorded as certification services provider[22].
  • DNV's chairperson is recorded as Jon Fredrik Baksaas[23].
  • +2013-09-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DNV[24].
  • +1864-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DNV[25].
  • +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DNV[26].
  • DNV's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04hjbn[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +2013-09-12T00:00:00Z[24], +1864-00-00T00:00:00Z[25], and +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DNV AS'}[28] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'DNV AS'}[29]. DNV's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DNV'}[30].

Leadership

DNV's chief executive officer is recorded as Remi Eriksen[13]. DNV's chairperson is recorded as Jon Fredrik Baksaas[23].

Operations

DNV's headquarters location is recorded as Bærum Municipality[12]. Subsidiaries include DNV GL (Netherlands)[19]; DNV GL (United Kingdom)[20], a business[31], in United Kingdom[32], headquartered in Glasgow[33]; and DNV GL (Germany)[21].

Industry

DNV's industry is recorded as certification services provider[22].

Ownership

Owners include Det Norske Veritas Foundation[9], a foundation[34], in Norway[35], founded in 1978[36], headquartered in Høvik[37] and Det Norske Veritas[10], a foundation[38], in Norway[39], founded in 1864[40], headquartered in Bærum Municipality[41].

Why It Matters

DNV ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month).[2] DNV has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] DNV is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [3] . vdtuev.de. Retrieved . vdtuev.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [4] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . dnv.com. dnv.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . dnv.com. dnv.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . dnv.com. dnv.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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