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This Is
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This Is
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thisis.no
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2005
Descriptiontext

THIS IS is a privately held, Oslo-based full-service creative communications agency operating since 2004/2005 with a team of approximately 15 professionals. The agency delivers integrated services across six core offerings: PR, Event Management, Content Creation, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing, and Activations, structured around the principle that 'every touchpoint strengthens the same story.' Clients are predominantly lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, with a portfolio of 60+ relationships including Versace, Fenty Beauty, OMEGA, L'Occitane, H&M Beauty, NARS Cosmetics, Volvo, and Prime Video.

The business operates on a professional services model with custom-quoted engagements scoped by project duration and complexity; pricing is not publicly disclosed and there are no standardized rate cards or product tiers. Customer acquisition is sales-led, driven by direct outreach, referrals, and industry reputation, with the Oslo Runway platform and Bik Bok Runway Award serving as proof-of-credibility assets within the Norwegian fashion ecosystem. The agency's underlying 'technology' is its creative and operational capability rather than a software product: there is no proprietary platform, API, or SDK, and no disclosed AI/ML capability beyond data-informed performance marketing execution. Founded and built Oslo Runway in 2015 after the closure of Oslo Fashion Week, then spun it off as an independent entity in 2018 while retaining founder equity, demonstrating category-defining credentials within Norway.

Ownership is concentrated among four founding partners (Ida J. Lamond, Katrine Kvalsund, Kristina A. Nordbæk, Randi H. Svendsen), each with 20+ years of industry experience and no external venture capital or parent company involvement. The firm is single-office in Oslo at Grensen 8C, serves both domestic Norwegian and select international clients, and distributes work through direct client engagement rather than resellers or platforms.

Short descriptiontext

THIS IS is a privately held, Oslo-based full-service creative communications agency with about 15 staff, delivering integrated PR, events, content, influencer marketing, performance marketing, and activations for 60+ lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brand clients including Versace, Fenty Beauty, OMEGA, and Volvo.

Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
11–50
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
HQ citystring
Oslo
HQ countrystring
Norway
HQ regionstring
Europe
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

Each record includes

City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
public relations services, event management, content creation, influencer marketing, performance marketing
Industry5 codes
1Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies
CodeMPAAAAAAPrimaryYes
2Brand Campaign & Integrated Communications Agencies
CodeMPAAAAACPrimaryNo
3Creative Concepting & Campaign Development
CodeBPAFAEADPrimaryNo
4Activation/Experiential Creative Agencies
CodeMPAAAAAOPrimaryNo
5Corporate & Brand Event Styling (Product Launches, Activations)
CodeHSACAOANPrimaryNo
NAICS code5 codes
  • Advertising Agencies541810
  • Advertising Agencies54181
  • Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services5418
  • Public Relations Agencies54182
  • Graphic Design Services541430
SIC code2 codes
  • Services-Advertising7310
  • Services-Advertising Agencies7311
Product category
Creative Communication Services
GTM motion1 record

Each record includes

Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Creative Agency Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Revenue generated through professional agency fees for comprehensive communication services including PR strategies, event production, content creation, influencer marketing campaigns, and performance marketing. Services are tailored to individual client needs ranging from strategy development to full campaign execution.

thisis.no
Marketing channels5 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels1 record

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Brand1 record
1Oslo Runway
Description

Norway's leading fashion platform, founded by THIS IS in 2015 to fill the void left after the closure of Oslo Fashion Week. The platform was established to create a new professional stage for Norwegian designers while positioning Oslo on the international fashion map.

thisis.no
Core offering1 text field

THIS IS is a full-service creative communication agency that combines strategy, storytelling, and execution across PR, events, influencer marketing, content creation, paid media, and creative strategy. The agency builds cohesive communication for lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, managing everything from strategy development and content production to event execution and data-driven performance campaigns.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

THIS IS Creative is a full-service communication agency offering a unified portfolio of services rather than a modular software platform. The core offerings include PR, Event Management, Content Creation, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing, and Activations. These services work together holistically, with the agency emphasizing that 'every touchpoint strengthens the same story.' Additionally, the agency founded and built Oslo Runway, Norway's leading fashion platform, demonstrating its ability to create and build industry-defining concepts. The agency specializes in lifestyle brands and combines strategy, storytelling, and execution across PR, events, influencer marketing, content creation, paid media, and creative strategy.

Product and service1 record
1PR Services
Scale indicator2 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership3 partners
1Oslo Runway
Strategic tierFlagshipTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2015-01-01
Description

Founded by THIS IS in 2015 as Norway's leading fashion platform. The agency developed and produced Oslo Runway from concept to execution, building the platform from the ground up. Responsible for overall concept, strategic partnerships, funding, and full creative and operational execution of runway shows. In 2018, Oslo Runway became an independent company with broader industry ownership, with founders from THIS IS remaining among the owners.

2Bik Bok (BikBok Runway Award)
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

THIS IS helped establish industry partnerships including the Bik Bok Runway Award, created to support and elevate emerging Norwegian designers as part of the Oslo Runway platform development.

3Various Brand Partners
Strategic tierCoreTypeGTM or Marketing Partner
Description

Ongoing brand partnerships with over 60 lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands including L'Occitane, Volvo, Sensai, SAWE, Bikbok, OMEGA, Twentyfour, NARS Cosmetics, Fenty Beauty, Versace, and many others.

Recent move7 records

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Expansion highlight4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights6 records

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Named customers13 records

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Segment2 records

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profiles11 records

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Investors

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This Is

Creative Communication Servicesthisis.no

THIS IS is a privately held, Oslo-based full-service creative communications agency with about 15 staff, delivering integrated PR, events, content, influencer marketing, performance marketing, and activations for 60+ lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brand clients including Versace, Fenty Beauty, OMEGA, and Volvo.

What This Is does

THIS IS is a privately held, Oslo-based full-service creative communications agency operating since 2004/2005 with a team of approximately 15 professionals. The agency delivers integrated services across six core offerings: PR, Event Management, Content Creation, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing, and Activations, structured around the principle that 'every touchpoint strengthens the same story.' Clients are predominantly lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, with a portfolio of 60+ relationships including Versace, Fenty Beauty, OMEGA, L'Occitane, H&M Beauty, NARS Cosmetics, Volvo, and Prime Video.

The business operates on a professional services model with custom-quoted engagements scoped by project duration and complexity; pricing is not publicly disclosed and there are no standardized rate cards or product tiers. Customer acquisition is sales-led, driven by direct outreach, referrals, and industry reputation, with the Oslo Runway platform and Bik Bok Runway Award serving as proof-of-credibility assets within the Norwegian fashion ecosystem. The agency's underlying 'technology' is its creative and operational capability rather than a software product: there is no proprietary platform, API, or SDK, and no disclosed AI/ML capability beyond data-informed performance marketing execution. Founded and built Oslo Runway in 2015 after the closure of Oslo Fashion Week, then spun it off as an independent entity in 2018 while retaining founder equity, demonstrating category-defining credentials within Norway.

Ownership is concentrated among four founding partners (Ida J. Lamond, Katrine Kvalsund, Kristina A. Nordbæk, Randi H. Svendsen), each with 20+ years of industry experience and no external venture capital or parent company involvement. The firm is single-office in Oslo at Grensen 8C, serves both domestic Norwegian and select international clients, and distributes work through direct client engagement rather than resellers or platforms.

This Is firmographics

Firmographics
Name
This Is
Legal name
This Is
Website
https://thisis.no
Company type
Private
Founded year
2005
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
THIS IS is a privately held, Oslo-based full-service creative communications agency with about 15 staff, delivering integrated PR, events, content, influencer marketing, performance marketing, and activations for 60+ lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brand clients including Versace, Fenty Beauty, OMEGA, and Volvo.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

This Is industry classification

Industry
Product category
Creative Communication Services
NAICS
Advertising Agencies (541810), Advertising Agencies (54181), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Public Relations Agencies (54182), Graphic Design Services (541430)
SIC
Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)
akta.pro primary industry
Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)
akta.pro secondary industries
Brand Campaign & Integrated Communications Agencies (MPAAAAAC), Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD), Activation/Experiential Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAO), Corporate & Brand Event Styling (Product Launches, Activations) (HSACAOAN)

Keywords

  • Public relations services
  • Event management
  • Content creation
  • Influencer marketing
  • Performance marketing

Where This Is is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Oslo
HQ country
Norway
HQ region
Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

This Is business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

  1. Creative Agency Services: Revenue generated through professional agency fees for comprehensive communication services including PR strategies, event production, content creation, influencer marketing campaigns, and performance marketing. Services are tailored to individual client needs ranging from strategy development to full campaign execution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

This Is product offering

Product offering

Core offering

THIS IS is a full-service creative communication agency that combines strategy, storytelling, and execution across PR, events, influencer marketing, content creation, paid media, and creative strategy. The agency builds cohesive communication for lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, managing everything from strategy development and content production to event execution and data-driven performance campaigns.

Product overview

THIS IS Creative is a full-service communication agency offering a unified portfolio of services rather than a modular software platform. The core offerings include PR, Event Management, Content Creation, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing, and Activations. These services work together holistically, with the agency emphasizing that 'every touchpoint strengthens the same story.' Additionally, the agency founded and built Oslo Runway, Norway's leading fashion platform, demonstrating its ability to create and build industry-defining concepts. The agency specializes in lifestyle brands and combines strategy, storytelling, and execution across PR, events, influencer marketing, content creation, paid media, and creative strategy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

  • Oslo Runway: Norway's leading fashion platform, founded by THIS IS in 2015 to fill the void left after the closure of Oslo Fashion Week. The platform was established to create a new professional stage for Norwegian designers while positioning Oslo on the international fashion map.

Products and services

  • PR Services

Companies that use This Is

Customer profile

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

This Is technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

This Is partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

  • Oslo RunwayflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Founded by THIS IS in 2015 as Norway's leading fashion platform. The agency developed and produced Oslo Runway from concept to execution, building the platform from the ground up. Responsible for overall concept, strategic partnerships, funding, and full creative and operational execution of runway shows. In 2018, Oslo Runway became an independent company with broader industry ownership, with founders from THIS IS remaining among the owners.
  • Bik Bok (BikBok Runway Award)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTHIS IS helped establish industry partnerships including the Bik Bok Runway Award, created to support and elevate emerging Norwegian designers as part of the Oslo Runway platform development.
  • Various Brand PartnerscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerOngoing brand partnerships with over 60 lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands including L'Occitane, Volvo, Sensai, SAWE, Bikbok, OMEGA, Twentyfour, NARS Cosmetics, Fenty Beauty, Versace, and many others.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

This Is competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

This Is social profiles

Digital presence

This Is financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

This Is leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

This Is funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

This Is M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about This Is

What does This Is do?

THIS IS is a full-service creative communication agency that combines strategy, storytelling, and execution across PR, events, influencer marketing, content creation, paid media, and creative strategy. The agency builds cohesive communication for lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and luxury brands, managing everything from strategy development and content production to event execution and data-driven performance campaigns.

Is This Is a public or private company?

This Is is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was This Is founded?

This Is was founded in 2005. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is This Is based?

This Is is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, in the Europe region.

How does This Is make money?

One revenue line is on record: creative Agency Services.

Does This Is have an API?

No public API is recorded for This Is.

What industry is This Is in?

This Is's product category is Creative Communication Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAAAAAA, Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies, with a secondary code of MPAAAAAC, Brand Campaign & Integrated Communications Agencies. Its NAICS code is 541810 and its SIC code is 7310.

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