In May of 2007 Telenor announced that the company would be acquiring Tele2 Denmark for DKK 835 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telenor acquires Tele2 Denmark - Telenor Group |url=https://www.telenor.com/media/newsroom/archive/telenor-acquires-tele2-denmark/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.telenor.com |language=no}}</ref> Tele2 had been operating in Denmark since 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-04-04 |title=Tele2 - Privat - Om Tele2 |url=http://www.editorial.tele2.dk/?page=privat_omtele2&t2page=privat_omtele2 |access-date=2024-03-07 |archive-date=4 April 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404000532/http://www.editorial.tele2.dk/?page=privat_omtele2&t2page=privat_omtele2 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
