Redefining branding. With you.

We create growth by putting your brand first.

At The Brand Project, we aim to redefine how brand influences business success. Based in Oslo, the concept “made in Scandinavia” is deeply embedded in our DNA. We are a dynamic and international boutique agency committed to elevating your brand.

We build these brands from the inside out, drive growth in a digital world, apply data-driven insights to guide our process, and let AI broaden our thinking and enhance our analytics wherever applicable.

Yet branding means human-first. Our core belief is that great brands are born from great experiences. That’s why we focus on nurturing those invaluable relationships between you and your audience. We craft and manage brands that resonate, engage, and evolve.

We are committed to being your growth catalysts. Which is why every member of our team – a blend of strategy wizards and creative mavericks – will work hand in hand with ambitious leaders like you to create extraordinary brands.

Our portfolio is a colorful display of brand-led success stories from SaaS to Energy, finance and automotive, to engineering and retail – across Europe and the Nordics. Industry agnostic and focused on our mission:

Making your brand your biggest asset.


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Meet the core team

Robert Leinders-Krog

Robert is one of the leading strategic brand advisors based in the Nordics. Having worked with a multitude of global brands in recent years, his experience ranges from specialist retail brands to maritime corporations and technology companies. He is known for his ability to facilitate complex brand and business challenges, is a keen writer and keynote speaker.

Carina Åkredalen

With more that 15 years of international marketing and branding experience running branding agencies in Singapore and London, Carina is our International Norwegian. She has a strategic approach to branding, and believes in building strong and sustainable brands in an ever-changing digital marketplace. Carina creates growth through enhancing digital brand experiences and customer touchpoints.

Jesper Kreiborg

Jesper is an experienced entrepreneur and senior executive. Over the last 20 years he has been involved in numerous successful companies from idea to exit – both as founder and as CEO. He has worked across several industries, but has had a primary focus on IT, financial and digital services focusing on optimization of customer journeys and loyalty.

Haley Zerwas

Haley has almost two decades of marketing, communication and branding experience, having worked with global technology companies and more recently startups with international ambitions. She has had her primary focus in the energy and maritime industries transforming high-tech concepts and solutions into value based brands.

Natalie Norton Bremer

Natalie is in charge of our larger projects as well as running the analytics department. As an analyst, she works at the crossroads of brand positioning and market perception as well as assisting larger organizations in the implementation of new brand-enabling technologies (such as AI). Her focus lies in defining and enforcing clear roles for brands in an increasingly fragmented and competitive global environment. Natalie is helping to apply this strategic approach to both local and international projects.

Victor “Vic” Dahlstrøm

Victor is a multidisciplinary designer with a strong focus on corporate identity development, and specialties within technology and SaaS companies. He is known for praising the mixture of minimal and maximal, and aims to create strong visual identities that will stand the passing of time and trends. He has worked with large corporate systems as well as technology startups and scaleups.

Achim Feige

Achim Feige has accompanied and advised top leaders of DAX, ATX and SWX companies in international strategic change projects for 20 years. Previously he was leading change as a partner of BrandTrust in Germany, where he advised more than 100 brands. He is called upon by Top Executives and management teams when it comes to new brands, mindsets and new experiences of change.

We analyze markets, develop brand & business strategies, find new brand names, manage portfolio & brand architectures, drive rebranding processes and design for a new tomorrow.

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Brand Architecture Scenarios

Businesses are often faced with a broad portfolio of brands. Brand architecture management can lead to portfolio growth, shareholder value, and overall brand equity – if done right.

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Archetyping your business.

We as human beings don’t live in an objective and factual world – especially when it comes to our thoughts and feelings. Sometimes we come across people (and brands) we feel a connection with. An attraction that is hard to pin down – it’s as if we already know them. What is it that attracts us to these brands? Why do we invite them into our lives and become loyal to them? One of the reasons is archetypes.

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