Icakuriren
CategoriesFamily magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherForma Publishing Group
Founded1942
CompanyEgmont Group
CountrySweden
Based inSolna, Stockholm
LanguageSwedish
WebsiteIcakuriren
ISSN0345-5068
OCLC226304015

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. ^ a b "Icakuriren". Sveriges Tidskrifter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d "The weekly magazine for all of Sweden" (PDF). Egmont Group. 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.

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