Familien

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Familien
CategoriesFamily magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
Circulation57,205 (2023)
PublisherHjemmet Mortensen AB
Founded1939
CompanyEgmont Group
CountryNorway
Based inOslo
LanguageNorwegian
WebsiteFamilien

Familien (English: The Family) is a Norwegian biweekly family magazine published in Oslo, Norway.

History and profile[edit]

The magazine was started in 1939 under the name Christian Youth.[1] It was renamed Familien in 1959.[1] It was part of A/S Hjemmet until 1984 when it was acquired by Hjemmet Mortensen AS, which owned it until 1992.[1]

Familien is owned by the Egmont Group.[2] The magazine is published by Hjemmet Mortensen AB on a biweekly basis.[1][3] Its target group is mature women, and its editor is Ivar Moe. The magazine is based in Oslo.[3]

Familien had a circulation of 95,100 copies in 1981 and 101,900 copies in 1982.[4] The circulation of the magazine was 132,900 copies in 2006, making it the fourth best-selling magazine in the country.[5] In 2013 it was the third best-selling magazine in Norway with a circulation of 97,324 copies.[2] The magazine sold 57,205 copies in 2022.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Familien". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Top ten titles by circulation 2013". Nordicom. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Familien - Media Factsheet". Adnative. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ^ Per Langhoff. "The effects of change of filters" (PDF). Print and Digital Research Forum. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Top ten titles by circulation 2006". Nordicom. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Opplag, frekvens og utgiver for norske ukeblader". medienorge (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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