Icakuriren

Icakuriren

Categories	Family magazine
Frequency	Weekly
Publisher	Forma Publishing Group
Founded	1942
Company	Egmont Group
Country	Sweden
Based in	Solna, Stockholm
Language	Swedish
Website	Icakuriren
ISSN	0345-5068
OCLC	226304015

Icakuriren (Swedish: The ICA Courier) is a weekly family magazine based in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the most read weeklies in the country.[1]

History and profile

Icakuriren was started in 1942 by ICA private retail company as an alternative family magazine.[2][3] During the initial phase it was distributed free of charge in the ICA shops.[3][4] Marta Arnesen was one of the early editors of Icakuriren.[5]

The magazine was owned by the Forma Publishing Group, a subsidiary of ICA Gruppen, until October 2014 when the company was acquired by the Egmont Group.[6] Icakuriren is published on a weekly basis.[7][8] It is mostly read by women.[7] Common topics covered include food, travel guides, and buying advice.[2] The magazine has its headquarters in Solna.[7]

Circulation

In the 1950s the circulation of Icakuriren was 700,000 copies.[3] The magazine had a circulation of 184,900 copies in 2007.[9] Next year the circulation dropped to 170,200.[10] The magazine had a circulation of 98,000 copies in 2014[11] and 92,800 copies in 2015.[7]

References

1. Olof Holten (2004). "Sweden". In Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail (eds.). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook (3rd ed.). London: SAGE Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-7619-4131-6.
2. "Icakuriren". Sveriges Tidskrifter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
3. Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden. Gothenburg: Nordicom Sverige. ISBN 978-91-86523-08-4.
4. Mart Ots (2010). Understanding value formation (PhD thesis). Jönköping International Business School. ISBN 978-91-86345-11-2.
5. Fredrik Sandgren (2009). "From 'peculiar stores' to 'a new way of thinking': Discussions on self-service in Swedish trade journals, 1935–1955". Business History. 51 (5): 745. doi:10.1080/00076790903125636. S2CID 154003258.
6. "Egmont Publishing acquires Forma Publishing Group". FIPP. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
7. "The weekly magazine for all of Sweden" (PDF). Egmont Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
8. The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 4022. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
9. Eva Harrie (2009). The Nordic Media Market (PDF). Göteborg: Nordicom.
10. Martin Schori (19 February 2009). "TS 2008: Affärsvärlden tappar halva upplagan". Dagens Media (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2017.
11. "Filters upplaga rasar". Resume (in Swedish). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

External links

• Official website