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Opera Limited in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Opera Limited.

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ToolGPAMedia kit · October 2026
The company behind
Opera

Opera Limited

Media kit

Opera is made by Opera Limited, a company listed on Nasdaq that develops its browsers out of Oslo through Opera Norway and hubs in Poland, Sweden and elsewhere. The browsers are free; Opera says its money comes from advertising, search partnerships and paid subscriptions such as Opera Neon and VPN Pro.

Opera, as pictured on opera.com
Founded
1995
Based in
Headquartered in Oslo
Chief executive
Song Lin
Team
605 people
Ownership
Publicly traded

Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Opera Limited’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Opera Limited. toolgpa.com

Part 01 · Company

The company

Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it

1995

The year Opera Limited was founded, in Headquartered in Oslo

In a sentence

Opera is made by Opera Limited, a company listed on Nasdaq that develops its browsers out of Oslo through Opera Norway and hubs in Poland, Sweden and elsewhere. The browsers are free; Opera says its money comes from advertising, search partnerships and paid subscriptions such as Opera Neon and VPN Pro.

In a paragraph

Opera Limited was founded in 1995 and is based in Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with hubs in Poland, China, Spain, Scotland, Singapore and Sweden. Song Lin is its CEO. 605 full-time employees across the whole company as of 31 December 2025, 73% of them in research and development.

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Fact sheet

Company
Opera Limited
Founded
1995
Based in
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with hubs in Poland, China, Spain, Scotland, Singapore and Sweden
Team
605 full-time employees across the whole company as of 31 December 2025, 73% of them in research and development
Website
opera.com
Products we list
Opera
Ownership: Publicly traded
Opera Limited, incorporated in the Cayman Islands, is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, where its American depositary shares have traded under the symbol OPRA since 27 July 2018, as its Form 20-F states.

Leadership

  • Song Lin

    CEO

  • Frode Jacobsen

    CFO

  • Krystian Kolondra

    EVP, Desktop & Gaming

  • Jørgen Arnesen

    EVP, Mobile

Hiring

7 open roles listed: 2 in advertising technology, and one each in product marketing, marketing and communications, product development, product design and engineering.

Affiliate program

Affiliate links from a partner site to Opera.com earn a commission for each new Opera user, with the rate set by how engaged the referred users are. Smaller publishers join through the CJ or OfferGate networks. Rates are not published.

Opera on an iPhone: the start page, with search and shortcuts to sites.Opera on an iPhone: the page menu, showing 16 ads and trackers blocked.Opera on an iPhone: the prompt that points you to the built-in VPN.

What they make

Opera, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.

Opera

Browser with a built-in ad blocker, free VPN and sidebar messengers

BrowsersFrom $4 per monthFree plan4.7 on the App Store

3.6GPA

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  • BValue
  • AFree
  • AFeatures
  • AEase
  • BPlatforms
Opera: 3.6 GPA on ToolGPA3.6GPAExcellentGraded by ToolGPA

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Part 03 · News

News and contacts

What they have announced lately, and every official channel

7

Open roles on Opera Limited's careers page

Lately

  1. Oct 15, 2026Opera Air. Less, on Purpose.
  2. Oct 1, 2026Opera GX Hands Persona5: The Phantom X Players Their Pick of a ★4 Phantom Idol
  3. Sep 29, 2026Opera adds a travel eSIM to the browser, with 3GB of free data on your next trip abroad
  4. Sep 24, 2026Basic digital hygiene shouldn't be complicated: Opera's free, built-in VPN now protects your browsing automatically on public Wi-Fi

Official channels

Only accounts Opera Limited’s own site links to. No personal addresses.

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This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Opera Limited’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Opera Limited, and Opera Limited’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Opera Limited’s own, from its website and app-store listings.