1801
M. Peterson & Søn
Momme Peterson founded the business in 1801, when he opened a general store in Moss. The store grew into a flourishing merchants business, named M. Peterson & Søn.

1848
Shipping
M. Peterson & Søn branched into shipping, and was one of Moss most prominent ship-owning companies by 1875.

1883
Moss Pulp Mill
Momme Peterson’s grandson, Theodor Peterson, sold the fleet of ships and took over the site of Moss Ironworks. He founded Moss Pulp Mill, where the first digesting of pulp took place in 1883. The first two paper machines were purchased in 1898.

1900
Expansion
Hans Blom Peterson was head of the firm from 1901 to 1954. He was a man of modern thinking and proactive marketing. He invested in a new recovery boiler and pulp digester, started manufacturing of paper sacks, built the new paper machine PM4 and a new sack factory.

1946
The first company in Norway to appoint a production committee
M. Peterson & Søn was the first company in Norway to appoint a production committee with management and workers in 1946. The same year it started a company medical service, and kinder garden for the employees (still in service) was opened in 1947.

1950
Development of the Packaging Group
Brothers Ralph and Erik Mollatt, sixth generation descendants of Momme Peterson, where the master builders in the work of building up a modern, wholly integrated packaging group. 

1989
The Peterson Group
Peterson consoled of ten individual companies. The same year a group model was introduced, with M. Peterson & Søn AS – a family owned and not listed on the stock exchange – as the parent company.

1992
Graphic consistency
Introduction of the Elephant logo and Peterson name inn all companies.

1997
New organizational structure
To create a organisation more market oriented and to take advantage of our total resources the new organizational structure consisting of four business areas was launched. 

1998
Strengthening of our Nordic Position
By acquiring the solid board operations of UPM Kymmene, establishing Peterson Packaging OY we strengthened our Nordic Position. 

1999
Market Adaptation
As consequence of competitors moves toward concentration and specialization we sold out the folding carton and cups operations. We also completed the investment program in Moss, giving 50.000 tons increase a year capacity for Kraftliner.

2001
Nordic Paper
Organizations of the Scanproof unit into an independent greaseproof group under the name Nordic Paper, not longer a unit member of Peterson.

2006
New Owners
An investor group headed by industrialists Terje Haglund, Roar Paulsrud and AT Skog (Agder -Telemark Forest Owners Association) bought all the shares and changed the name of the company from M. Peterson & Søn AS to Peterson AS.

Peterson AS made a deal in August 2006 with Smurfit Kappa Group about buying four corrugated- and board factories in Sweden and Denmark - Peterson Packaging AS situated at Næstved og Randers in Danmark, and Peterson Packaging AB situated at Norrköping og Bäckefors in Sweden - is now a part of Peterson.