The Egmont Group (officially Egmont International Holding A/S ; known as Gutenberghus Group until 1992) is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen , Denmark . The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing, but has over the years evolved to comprise mass media generally.
24-474: Nordisk Film A/S ( lit. ' Nordic Film ' ) is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group . The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and advertising. The film studio was established in 1906 in Valby , Copenhagen, by filmmaker Ole Olsen . It is the fourth-oldest film studio in
48-628: A "publisher for boutique and indie games", calling themselves an "UnPublisher" as they intend to support developers by "dismantl[ing] how publishing traditionally works" and providing supportive services that better serve indie game development. In July 2016, Karl Magnus Troedsson stepped down as general manager of EA DICE to become a partner and co-owner of Raw Fury. In early September 2019, Raw Fury opened an internal development studio located in Zagreb , Croatia, to aid external developers with porting , quality assurance , and other support matters. At
72-573: 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
96-433: 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
120-696: 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
144-640: A number of game studios invested in by Nordisk Film Games, distributes PlayStation in the Nordic and Baltic countries and develops global digital gifting solutions through GoGift. Through the Nordisk Film Foundation , Nordisk Film develops danish acting talents with travel scholarships of DKK 10,000 (Lille Isbjørn) or DKK 25,000 (Store Isbjørn). As of 2024, the Nordisk Film Foundation stated an annual budget of DKK 7 million for
168-788: A substantial business area in Nordisk Film. Nordisk Film Cinemas is a cinema chain in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, screening for approximately ten million cinema guests per year. The company also offers two online platforms - kino.dk and filmweb.no (only available in danish) - where the customer can watch, review and discuss current films. Nordisk Games is an investor in and owner of several European game studios. Nordisk Games has invested in nine game companies since its foundation in 2016: Avalanche Studios Group , Supermassive Games , Flashbulb Games, MercurySteam , Multiverse, Star Stable Entertainment, Nitro Games, Raw Fury , and Reto-Moto , whereof
192-534: Is a Swedish video game publisher , specialising in the publication of indie games , based in Stockholm . The company was founded in 2015 by Jonas Antonsson and Gordon Van Dyke. The company was founded in 2015 by Jonas Antonsson, ex- vice-president of mobile for Paradox Interactive , and Gordon Van Dyke, formerly a producer for EA DICE on the various Battlefield titles. The company was announced in April 2015 as
216-643: 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,
240-526: The Banijay Group . Nordisk Film Distribution handles and distributes the rights to its own productions, a number of local films as well as independent productions. Nordisk Film also partners with international film studios for distribution in Scandinavia. Nordisk Film Interactive has exclusive distribution rights to Sony PlayStation products in the Nordic countries , and is thereby responsible for
264-894: 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
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#1732786831521288-403: The Nordic region. The company produces and co-produces national and international feature films in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which are distributed to cinemas around the Nordic countries, including Nordisk Film Cinemas in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The films are also distributed internationally for viewing in cinemas, on video and on television. Furthermore, Nordisk Film produces games through
312-619: 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
336-773: 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
360-484: 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
384-586: 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
408-514: The company was locked out of the nationalized German film industry and lost large amounts of revenue. In 1992, it merged with the Egmont media group, operating as electronic media production and distribution group. The total revenues in 2018 amounted to approximately €559 million. Nordisk Film is one of the oldest movie production company still in operation in the world. Nordisk Film is the largest producer and distributor of electronic entertainment in
432-541: The development of the Danish film industry though scholarships, project grants and awards. Nordisk Film Production focuses primarily on the Scandinavian market but produces feature films, animation films, short films, TV series, and TV documentaries for both the Scandinavian and international market. They have a hand in roughly 15 productions per year, spanning a range of formats and genres. Nordisk Film Production In October 2009, Nordisk sold its TV production unit to
456-769: The distribution of his films to the American market. In 1909, having been excluded from the MPPC cartel in the United States, which Olsen had hoped to join, Nordisk participated in the Paris Film Congress in a failed attempt by major European producers to form a similar monopoly. It became a publicly traded company in 1911 as Nordisk Film. During the 1910s, the company created popular silent films with movie stars such as Valdemar Psilander and Clara Pontoppidan . When Germany invaded Denmark during World War II,
480-456: The same time, the company moved headquarters within Stockholm to cope with its growing employee count, which reached roughly 40 people worldwide. In August 2021, Altor Equity Partners acquired a majority ownership of Raw Fury for an undisclosed price. Raw Fury said, "The experience and monetary boost that Altor brings to the table will allow us to increase our production capacity and add to
504-468: The two ladder companies have been sold. In May 2018, it was announced that Nordisk Games had acquired all of Avalanche Studios . In July 2022, Nordisk Games acquired all of Supermassive Games In April 2023, the Founder of Nordisk Games, Mikkel Weider, exits as CEO. Egmont Group The Egmont Group was founded by Egmont Harald Petersen in 1878, as a one-man printing business, but soon became
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#1732786831521528-775: The world behind the Gaumont Film Company , Pathé , and Titanus , and the oldest studio to be continuously active. The logo consists of a polar bear standing on the globe. Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory," but soon changed it to the Nordisk Films Kompagnie. In 1908, Olsen opened an affiliate branch in New York, the Great Northern Film Company , to handle
552-583: 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
576-605: 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. Raw Fury Raw Fury AB
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