Private company

Bussen Trafikkselskap

Norwegian bus company

Bussen Trafikkselskap was a Norwegian bus company that operated the yellow city bus in Kristiansand Municipality plus the more rual surrounding areas of Vennesla Municipality, Søgne Municipality, and Songdalen Municipality. The company had about 300 employees and operates on contract with Agder Kollektivtrafikk. Nettbuss Sør (blue buses) took over the local buses in Kristiansand in 2011.2 It is part of TK Brøvig.1 It ceased to exist in 2013.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 31, 1985Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersKristiansand Municipality1
  • Legal formaksjeselskap1

Bussen Trafikkselskap was a Norwegian bus company that operated the yellow city bus in Kristiansand Municipality plus the more rual surrounding areas of Vennesla Municipality, Søgne Municipality, and Songdalen Municipality. The company had about 300 employees and operates on contract with Agder Kollektivtrafikk. Nettbuss Sør (blue buses) took over the local buses in Kristiansand in 2011.2

Corporate structure

Bussen Trafikkselskap is part of a group headed by TK Brøvig. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • TK Brøvig Søgne, Norway
    • Bussen Trafikkselskap Kristiansand Municipality

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was founded on January 1, 1986, as the result of a merger between Ruteexpressen, Lillesand og Topdalens Bilruter, Torridalens Bilruter and Vaagsbygdruta and is owned by the holding company TK Brøvig that also owns Vaagsbygdruta and Sørlandsruta.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bussen Trafikkselskap, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 22, 2013Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 31, 1985Founded Founded1

Sources

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