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20-545: The Egmont Group was founded by Egmont Harald Petersen in 1878, as a one-man printing business, but soon became a magazine business. It was originally called "P. Petersen, Printers", named after Petersen's mother, as he was still too young at the time to register his own company. The company was renamed Gutenberghus in 1914 (after the famous inventor of the printing press), a name it kept until 1992. In 1948, Gutenberghus, looking for new opportunities, sent its editor Dan Folke to Walt Disney Productions , and he managed to acquire

40-573: A license for publishing comic magazines in Scandinavia. In 1948, the company started to publish a Donald Duck comic magazine in Sweden (as Kalle Anka & C:o ) and Norway (as Donald Duck & C:o ), in 1949 also in Denmark (as Anders And & C:o ). This magazine features all the well known Disney characters, from Mickey Mouse to Little Hiawatha under license from Disney . With

60-696: A number of young adult fiction works, award-winners, classics and epic tales. The Fiction list includes work from such award-winning authors as Andy Stanton , Jim Smith , Michael Morpurgo , Lemony Snicket , Jamila Gavin and David Levithan . Electric Monkey is Egmont's dedicated Young Adult imprint and authors published include Elizabeth Acevedo , Michael Grant , Andrew A. Smith , Tahereh Mafi and Holly Jackson. The Picture Book list includes work from authors such as Julia Donaldson , Kristina Stephenson , Michael Morpurgo and John Dougherty (author) . Classic stories published by Egmont UK include The Velveteen Rabbit , The Little Prince and The Wind in

80-668: Is a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival , a charity that allows schoolchildren across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres. Gavin settled in Stroud , Gloucestershire before 1990 and was still living there in 2012. In 2016, she became one of the founders of the Stroud Book Festival, together with Cindy Jefferies. The Surya trilogy – The Wheel of Surya (1992), The Eye of

100-556: Is a series for younger children, named after its first book, which was adapted for television in 1997. Other books in the series are Grandpa Chatterji's Third Eye and Grandpa's Indian Summer . The first book made the Smarties Prize shortlist for reader ages 6–8. Jamila Gavin has also written The Robber Baron's Daughter , Forbidden Memories , I Want to be An Angel , Kamla and Kate , Someone's Watching, Someone's Waiting , The Hideaway and The Wormholers . Gavin became

120-641: Is one of Scandinavia's leading media groups producing weeklies, magazines, comics, books, educational materials, activity products, movies and TV programs. The media group also operates movie theatres and TV stations, and the Egmont name is behind interactive games, game consoles, music and a wide range of digital media. Egmont publishes media in more than 30 countries, has over 5,300 employees and generated revenue amounting to over €2 billion in 2021. Egmont acquired Forma Publishing Group in October 2014. In January 2015,

140-880: Is set in the 18th century, being based on the Foundling Hospital established in London by sea Captain Thomas Coram . According to a local newspaper, the story "has links to Gloucestershire." Coram Boy has been adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson and produced by the Royal National Theatre in 2005–2006, garnering Edmundson an Olivier Award . It also ran on Broadway in 2007. Three Indian Goddesses and Three Indian Princesses are collections of short stories based around Indian legends. Nine other short stories were collected as The Magic Orange Tree and Other Stories . Grandpa Chatterji

160-893: The Fleetway arm of IPC Media in the UK from a company owned by Robert Maxwell , and merged it with their existing comics publishing division, London Editions, and thus became Britain's largest comic book publisher. The resultant company, Fleetway Editions, was absorbed into the main Egmont brand by 2000, having largely divested itself of its original portfolio (such as 2000 AD ) and continued with only reprint and licensed material titles (e.g. Sonic The Comic ). The Fleetway archive comprises those comics characters first published by IPC subsidiaries on or after 1 January 1970, together with 26 specifically named characters first published in Buster before that date. In August 2016, The IPC/Fleetway library

180-704: The Danish market. Together with Arvid and Børge Müller , Folke wrote the lyrics for "Glemmer du" and "Gå med i lunde." Folke disappeared from his home in Hellerup , Copenhagen on September 10, 1954, and his body was found six days later in Svanemølle Bay. Jamila Gavin Jamila Gavin MBE FRSL (born 9 August 1941) is a British writer who is known mainly for children's books , including several with Indian contexts. Gavin

200-678: The Horse (1994) and The Track of the Wind (1997) – is a family saga that follows two generations of Indian Sikhs and shows the impact of the British Empire and the Partition of India on their lives. All three books made Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlists; The Wheel of Surya was special runner-up. Coram Boy won the 2000 Whitbread Prize as Children's Book of the Year. It

220-619: The Willows . Authors on the non-fiction Red Shed imprint include Chris Packham and Laura Coryton . Illustrators who are published by Egmont include Helen Oxenbury , Shirley Hughes , Jim Field, Rob Biddulph , Steven Lenton, Alex T. Smith and Colin and Jacqui Hawkins. The Brands & Licensing books list includes titles from the following brands: Egmont offers a range of Personalised books through their website. The Dean imprint ( Dean & Son ) offers consumer-led, bespoke publishing direct to retailers. In 1991, Egmont purchased

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240-720: The acquisition in 1963, of the Danish publisher Aschehoug , Egmont also entered the book market. From the late 1980s the Egmont Group used the close connection with Disney to expand their Scandinavian focus to a global focus, being the producer of Disney for the new Eastern European market, as well as for the Chinese market. In 1991, Egmont was co-founder of the Norwegian television channel TV 2 , before buying it outright in 2012. In 1992, Egmont bought Nordisk Film . In 1997, Egmont acquired Semic Press . In 1998, Egmont acquired

260-482: The children's book catalogue of Reed Elsevier . In 2008, they acquired the minority stake in magazine publisher Hjemmet Mortensen which they did not already hold, from Orkla ASA . Egmont has a number of local country branches: Australia, Bulgaria (Egmont Bulgaria), China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany ( Egmont Ehapa ), Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Egmont

280-483: The company shut down its American publishing division. On 1 May 2020, Egmont completed the sale of three of its publishers (Egmont Books UK, Egmont Poland, and Schneiderbuch Germany) to HarperCollins . Egmont UK publishes books and magazines for children in the United Kingdom . It is the largest dedicated children's publisher in the UK. The Head Office is in London. In May 2020, the books division of Egmont UK

300-719: Was a Danish composer, lyricist, publisher, and theater director. Folke was born in Frederiksberg . He enrolled at Frederiksberg High School in 1924, by which time he had already written several melodies for the Copenhagen revues Scala Revyen, Co-Optimisterne, and the Apollo Theater. He became a bookseller's apprentice at C.A. Reitzels Forlag and was employed there until 1928. After his apprenticeship, in 1928 he started working for Wilhelm Hansen , where he remained until 1936. For two seasons, 1936 and 1937, Folke

320-729: Was born on 9 August 1941 in Mussoorie in the United Provinces of India, in the present-day state of Uttarakhand in the Western Himalayas . Her Indian father and English mother had met as teachers in Iran . She learned to describe herself as "half and half". She says online that from her mixed background "I inherited two rich cultures which ran side by side throughout my life, and which always made me feel I belonged to both countries." Gavin first visited England when she

340-550: Was six and settled there when she was 11. As an adult she worked in the music department of the BBC before becoming a writer. She wrote her first book, The Magic Orange Tree and Other Stories , in 1979. After her first child was born, she became aware that there were few children's books reflecting the experience of multi-racial children. She has also written books reflecting her childhood in India, particularly her Surya trilogy. Gavin

360-581: Was sold to HarperCollins . The new imprint changed its name to Farshore in February 2021. In 1998, Reed Elsevier sold Dean & Son , World Distributors , and the children's divisions of Heinemann , Methuen , Hamlyn and Mammoth to the Egmont Group. Egmont UK's book list includes fiction novels, illustrated picture books , pop-up and novelty books, fantasy adventures, annuals, colouring, activity and sticker books as well and Egmont's own Reading Ladder (for five- to nine-year-olds). Egmont also has

380-641: Was sold to Rebellion Developments , who had previously acquired 2000 AD. Egmont Magazines currently publish titles including Toxic , Thomas & Friends , Disney Princess , Frozen , Minecraft , and Go Girl . Egmont has a charitable wing. The founder's last will and testament paved the way for Egmont's charitable work to support social, cultural and scientific causes. As a foundation, Egmont helps improve children's and young people's quality of life, donating more than 235 million Euros to social, cultural and health projects since 1920. Dan Folke Dan Folke (March 11, 1906 – September 16, 1954)

400-508: Was the director of the Bellevue Theater, and he then returned to Reitzels Forlag in 1938–1939, this time as the director. In 1939 he was employed as a proxy at companies under the Egmont H. Petersen Fund (now Egmont Group ), and in 1942 became its director. At Egmont, it was especially magazine publication that he was responsible for, and it was Folke who, among other things, introduced Reader's Digest and Disney comics (1948) to

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