Familien Explained

Frequency:Biweekly
Circulation:57,205 (2023)
Category:Family magazine
Company:Egmont Group
Publisher:Hjemmet Mortensen AB
Founded:1939
Country:Norway
Based:Oslo
Language:Norwegian
Website:Familien

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

History and profile

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

Familien is owned by the Egmont Group.[1] The magazine is published by Hjemmet Mortensen AB on a biweekly basis.[2] [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.[1] The magazine sold 57,205 copies in 2022.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top ten titles by circulation 2013. Nordicom. 9 January 2015. 9 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150109124259/http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/medieforskning-statistik/2030_mags_topten_2013.xls.xlsx. dead.
  2. Web site: Familien. Store norske leksikon. 30 August 2016. Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Familien - Media Factsheet. Adnative. 9 January 2015.
  4. Per Langhoff. The effects of change of filters. Print and Digital Research Forum. 26 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Top ten titles by circulation 2006. Nordicom. 7 March 2016. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308072710/http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/medieforskning-statistik/1131_2030_Cons_mags_top10_2006.xls. dead.
  6. Web site: Opplag, frekvens og utgiver for norske ukeblader. medienorge. 25 July 2023. no.