[1][2][3] The product originated as a spin-off from the Spas in Vestfold when Mineral cures became popular in Norway in the second half of the 19th century.

In 1875 Dr. J.C.Holm, a doctor and health resort pioneer, discovered a spring rich with minerals close to the river Farriselva.

[5] In cooperation with Larvik Bad the local brewery Vestfold bryggeri started bottling mineral water under the brandname of "Salus".

The water slowly filters through deposited glacial moraine material and reaches the spring some 15–20 years later, strongly mineralized.

[2] The poet Robert Herring also claimed that Farris rids the body's arteries of uric acid.

During the German occupation of Norway in World War II Farris was prohibited from using the name Kong Haakons kilde in marketing as these was seen as propaganda for the exiled king.