Gammel Erik

Yellow is cool, and the dairy in Namskogan is located in the coolest house in the village.
Yellow is cool, and the dairy in Namskogan is located in the coolest house in the village.
On the road with award-winning tasty cheeses
On the road with award-winning tasty cheeses Photographer: Elvekanten Ysteri
The Gammel Erik cheese is the flagship of our production. The larger of the two varieties is stored for up to a year.
The Gammel Erik cheese is the flagship of our production. The larger of the two varieties is stored for up to a year. Photographer: Elevekanten cheese factory

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Contact:

Carlos Helguera

Address:

Namsskogan veien 14, 7880 Namsskogan

Phone:

+47 92 41 81 13

Website:

Elvekantenysteri.no

E-mail:

ostsmaker@icloud.com

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At Elvekanten Cheese Factory in Namskogan, four types of cheese are made, and Gammel Erik is the most famous. The well-aged version of Gammel Erik won a silver medal at the World Championship in Trondheim in 2023.

Elvekanten Ysteri started as a pilot project in Carlos Helguera's kitchen in 2004. With only 12 cheese molds and a homemade cheese press, the results were so successful that Carlos began looking for a place to establish his own cheese factory. He chose the disused community center in Namskogan. There, he converted the basement into a dairy and the main floor into a residence.

The starting point for production has always been Gouda, which Carlos has over time developed into his own variations of the traditional hard cheese – both with and without herbs such as chives, fenugreek and cumin. As of today, the cheese factory has four different cheeses in its range, with the well-aged Gammel-Erik (2 and 5 kg sizes) as the flagship. The cheeses are sold through selected retailers and in the cheese factory's own outlet.