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

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

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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