Dr.Stine Ankerstjerne

Dr.Stine Ankerstjerne is a Scandinavian skincare brand founded in 2018 by Stine and Andre Ankerstjerne, a Norwegian doctor couple who launched the line in Oslo [2]. The brand specialises in clinically documented anti-aging products formulated for sensitive and reactive skin, and it carried the name Dr. Ankerstjerne before adopting its current consumer-facing form. It remains active, with awards and news activity recorded into late 2025 [8].

The company describes itself as Norwegian by origin, tracing its identity to its founders and its 2018 launch in Oslo. Its operating base, however, has since moved to Denmark: the brand's history page lists a headquarters in Frederikshavn, and the operating company is registered as the Danish entity Dr.Stine Ankerstjerne ApS, while a separate Norwegian trademark holder, Dr.Ankerstjerne AS, holds the marks.

The brand grew out of its co-founder's own skin. According to the company, Stine Ankerstjerne — a physician — struggled to find effective products for her dry, sensitive and eczema-prone skin, and that frustration became the starting point for the business [2]. In a profile by Scan Magazine, she describes developing the difficulties from her teenage years and growing dissatisfied with temporary pharmaceutical fixes [7].

Both founders are medical doctors, and they built the range together. The company says the products reached the market only after roughly five years of research, laboratory testing and clinical studies. The line launched in autumn 2018 in Oslo under the name Dr.Ankerstjerne, the name the brand still uses across several of its channels.

Dr.Stine Ankerstjerne positions itself as doctor-developed skincare for sensitive, sensitised and reactive skin, including skin affected by conditions such as eczema and rosacea. The company frames its approach around two ideas it treats as compatible rather than opposing: clinical efficacy and gentleness. It states that all of its products have been examined in dermatological clinical studies for tolerability, and that the formulations are designed to strengthen the skin's barrier while avoiding harsh ingredients [6].

A deliberately small range is part of the positioning. The brand describes an "effective and simple anti-aging skin care routine" built around a minimal number of products and developed for Scandinavian conditions [2]. Its tagline, "Skin care that actually works," reflects the same results-first framing. The products are sold directly to consumers through the brand's own online stores, which operate across Norwegian, Danish and international domains.

The brand's signature product is the SUPERFOOD Multipurpose Vitamin Face Gel, an anti-aging serum gel whose named actives include niacinamide (vitamin B3), dexpanthenol (vitamin B5), vitamin A, vitamin E and sea buckthorn extract as a natural source of vitamin C [4]. The company markets it as a multipurpose formula usable on its own, under day or night creams, or as an eye gel. Other core products include the URBAN PROTECTION day cream, an anti-pollution formula with sun protection; the ANTI-AGE night cream; and the WASH facial cleanser.

The range carries clean-beauty claims that the company states across its product pages: vegan, not tested on animals, and free from parabens, silicone and microplastics, with tubes made from recycled plastic. Production is described as taking place in Scandinavia. Alongside the topical line, the brand also sells an ingestible collagen supplement built around VERISOL collagen peptides, a branded licensed ingredient, together with hyaluronic acid and sea buckthorn extract [5].

Clinical documentation is central to how the brand presents itself, and it publishes study results on a dedicated page. The company says its studies were conducted by an independent dermatological laboratory in Poland and involved a total of around 500 participants across all trials [3]. For a 42-day study of the SUPERFOOD and URBAN PROTECTION products on 52 women aged 35 to 65, the brand reports that 100 percent of subjects showed a positive effect on skin elasticity and 96 percent on firmness and wrinkle count. A separate 42-day study of the ANTI-AGE night cream on 27 women reports improvements in elasticity, firmness and wrinkle measures.

The brand also reports a tolerability study of the WASH cleanser on 75 subjects aged 21 to 69, a third of whom had sensitive or atopic skin, stating that none of the participants showed any sign of an allergic reaction. These figures are the company's own published study results.

The brand's products have been recognised in industry and consumer awards. In 2024 it won at The Beauty Awards UK in the Targeted Skincare Solution category [1]. In 2025 its SUPERFOOD serum won the Consumer Award of the Year at the Danish Beauty Award, a category decided by public voting rather than an industry panel; the founder called the consumer category the event's most important [8]. A brand news post later described the product's trajectory in Denmark as moving "from novelty to cult classic" [12].

Beyond awards, Scan Magazine published an editorial profile of the brand, noting five nominations at the UK Beauty Awards and an expanding interest in Asian and Middle Eastern markets [7]. The brand has also appeared in the directory of CIFF, the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair.

Dr.Stine Ankerstjerne is active. Its most recent visible activity at the time of writing is a December 2025 news post announcing the Danish Beauty Award win, and it operates active e-commerce across multiple domains, including drstine.com, ankerstjerne.no and dr-ankerstjerne.dk [8]. According to Scan Magazine, the brand maintains a presence across Scandinavia while expanding toward markets in Asia and the Middle East.