[1] Synnøve Finden (1882-1957) is today considered to be Norway's first female cheese founder and factory owner.

Together with Pernille Holmen and her daughter Evy (13), Synnøve Finden opened her first cheese factory in 1928 on the Grefsen Plateau in Oslo.

In 1987, Synnøve Finden A / S was sold to Dag Swanstrøm and production moved to Enebakk Municipality.

From the period 1996–2008, Synnøve Finden became Tine's first nationwide competitor with both yellow cheese and brunost.

In 2020, Synnøve Finden expanded its sales of brown cheese to South Korea, where more than 52,000 brunost have been sold by May 2021.