Biip.no was a social networking service based in Norway.

Biip.no
Type of site
Social network service
HeadquartersNorway
FounderErling Løken Andersen
Bo Myrås
Ozan Özerk
URLwww.biip.no
LaunchedJune 1, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-06-01)
Current statusInactive

Users could use the site to send free SMS messages. As of February 2012, about one million text messages were sent from the site each month.[1] The site described itself as "Norway's largest community for teens".[2]

History

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The site was founded on June 1, 2005, by Erling Løken Andersen, Bo Myrås and Ozan Özerk. It was created under the media company Norsk Ideutvikling [no].[3]

In 2008, TV 2 and Egmont Group acquired a majority stake for NOK 76 million.[4]

References

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  1. "Hundretusener fikk reklame fra Biip.no" [Hundreds of thousands received advertising from Biip.no]. Dinside. February 3, 2012.
  2. "Biip.no". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  3. Team, OpenPayd Editorial (2021-09-15). "Ozan Özerk | Founder of OpenPayd". OpenPayd. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  4. Fredø, Tobias (March 8, 2019). "Norsk søke-mygg henter Google-konsulent fra Dublin" [Norwegian search mosquito retrieves Google consultant from Dublin]. kampanje.com.
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