Advania

Advania ehf is a Nordic information technology service corporation headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland. The company is the largest in its field in Iceland and the 9th largest in the Nordic countries.

Advania is the result of numerous mergers and acquisitions of mainly Icelandic companies, but also of some European companies. Its roots go as far back as 1939, when EJS was founded and 1952, when Skýrr was founded.

EJS was founded in 1939 by Einar J. Skúlason and operated under his name. The company initially ran a workshop for office equipment repairs. Later it opened a retail store in addition to importing and servicing office equipment and soon added tills for sale in its store. During World War II the company also repaired guns and lighters. In the early 1980s the company's focus shifted to personal computers and the proprietor, Einar J. Skúlason, sold the company to its employees who had more experience with such technology. The company went public and in 1996 it became the main partner and reseller of Dell products in Iceland.

At the start of the 21st century, the company's name was changed to EJS as a reference to the founder and previous owner, Einar J. Skúlason. Between the years 2004–2006, EJS strengthened its operations by acquiring various Icelandic companies such as the software houses Eskill, ISOFT, Símkerfi, Símland and UTnet. EJS sold 58% of its shares to the holding company DZ. Those shares were later sold to Skýrr which at the time was owned by Kögun, a firm specialising in military defence software. A 320-employee IT company was formed 18 November 2009 as Eskill, Landsteinar Strengur and Kögun merged into Skýrr. EJS subsequently merged with Skýrr on 19 November 2010, adding 160 employees to the newly formed company.