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Opera Browser

by Opera · 🇳🇴 Norway

Opera is a Chromium-based browser published by the Norwegian company Opera Norway AS, with the group's corporate headquarters in Oslo. It is listed here as a worked example rather than a recommendation: the holding company, Opera Limited, is a Cayman Islands exempted company listed on Nasdaq, and its 2025 annual report on Form 20-F records that Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd., listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, indirectly owns about 68 per cent of the shares and consolidates Opera as a subsidiary. Opera's own pages say the browsers are built in Poland and Sweden; the same filing lists Dundee and Beijing alongside them among the group's principal technical development facilities. Under our rubric, where the office is matters far less than who controls the company.

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A European alternative to Google Chrome.

How the EU-ness score breaks down

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  • Where it is built

    Verified20 / 20 pts

    Developed in Poland, Sweden

    • opera.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

      “Our browsers are built in our European Research & Development Centers in Poland and Sweden.”

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Our principal technical development facilities are located in Wroclaw, Poland, Dundee, Scotland, Beijing, China and both Linköping and Gothenburg, Sweden.”

  • Data hosting

    Disputed0 / 20 pts

    Data hosted in Netherlands, Poland, United States, Canada, Iceland

    • opera.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

      “Opera maintains servers in key territories around the world for the smooth operation of our products. All browser data is kept in our European servers, primarily in the Netherlands and in Poland.”

    • opera.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

      “To provide infrastructure components (e.g. our VPN), we also maintain servers in the USA and in Singapore. These servers are not used to store browser data.”

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Our servers are hosted in data centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Nigeria, Iceland and Singapore.”

  • Company headquarters

    Verified12 / 15 pts

    Headquartered in Norway

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Our corporate headquarters is located in Oslo, Norway.”

    • opera.com · producer · checked 2026-07-29

      “Opera is headquartered and registered in Oslo, Norway.”

  • Ownership & control

    Verified0 / 20 pts

    Controlled by a non-EU parent (parent: Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. (held through Hong Kong Kunlun Tech Holding Limited))

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “As of the date of this annual report, Kunlun, a Chinese public company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, indirectly owns approximately 68.0% of our outstanding ordinary shares, and we are therefore a consolidated subsidiary of Kunlun.”

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Represents 54,347,459 ordinary shares and 6,734,110 ADSs held by Hong Kong Kunlun Tech Holding Limited, a Hong Kong limited liability company, which is a subsidiary of Kunlun, a company incorporated in the PRC.”

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. is the ultimate parent of Opera and is controlled by Opera’s executive chairman.”

  • Legal jurisdiction

    Verified0 / 15 pts

    Exposed to non-EU jurisdiction

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “Opera Limited is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in March 2018 in the Cayman Islands.”

    • sec.gov · regulator · checked 2026-07-29

      “In addition, because Kunlun is a China-based public company, and Mr. Zhou is a Chinese national, they are subject to the laws and regulatory environment of the PRC and actions by PRC authorities, which could affect Kunlun’s operations, financial condition, or ability to exercise control over us.”

  • Underlying infrastructure

    Not documented0 / 10 pts

    Does it run on European infrastructure, or on a US hyperscaler?

Documented quality

Not a review score. These are things a maker either publishes and commits to, or does not — warranty length, spare parts, certifications, support windows.

  • Open source

    Not documented0 / 20 pts

    Can the code be inspected and self-hosted?

  • Data portability

    Not documented0 / 15 pts

    Can you export your data in an open format and leave?

  • Independent certification

    Not documented0 / 30 pts

    Has an outside body certified anything about this product?

  • Support & maintenance

    Not documented0 / 15 pts

    How long are updates and security fixes guaranteed?

Where it comes from

Designed in
Not documented
Developed inVerified
PolandSweden
Data hosted inDisputed
NetherlandsPolandUnited StatesCanadaIceland

Who is behind it

Browser maker founded in Oslo in 1995. The listed holding company, Opera Limited, is a Cayman Islands exempted company whose ADSs trade on Nasdaq; its 2025 annual report on Form 20-F records that Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, indirectly holds about 68 per cent of the shares and consolidates Opera as a subsidiary. The browsers are published by the Norwegian subsidiary Opera Norway AS, and the group's corporate headquarters remains in Oslo.

Legal entity
Opera Limited
Founded
1995
Headquarters
NorwayVerified

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