Our story
Where the fjord meets the mountain, patience has always been a crop.
Lærdal lies deep inside the Sognefjord, held between high, steep mountains and a valley floor of rare fertility. Sheltered from heavy rain, warmed by a dry climate and shaped by generations of farming, the valley has long been described as Norway’s own greenhouse.
Lærdal
For generations, potatoes, carrots and onions have been grown here. Later came cherries, raspberries, sea buckthorn — even apricots. Lærdal’s agriculture has never stood still. It is rooted, but not nostalgic. Traditional, but never passive.
Wagyu from Lærdal began as a collaboration between three farmers with a clear ambition: to bring some of the world’s most admired beef genetics into some of Norway’s strongest farming standards for animal welfare.
Wagyu cattle are smaller and more elegant than traditional beef breeds. Dark-coated, calm in temperament, and remarkably expressive, they ask for time rather than speed. The familiar myths mention rice wine and massage. Our belief is quieter: Norwegian grass, generous time, careful handling — and when the season allows, potatoes, carrots and apples from our farms.
In 2025, the work expanded through partnership with one of Norway’s leading Angus breeders, Espen Krogstad of Hovin Angus. Together, we developed Wagyu of Norway as pure Wagyu and Wagyu/Angus crosses with one shared discipline: quality must be visible in the animal long before it appears on the plate.