Bildjournalen

Bildjournalen
Categories Youth magazine
Publisher Åhlén & Åkerlund
Year founded 1954
Final issue 1969
Country Sweden
Based in Malmö
Language Swedish
OCLC number 445314702

Bildjournalen (meaning The Picture Journal in English) was a Swedish language youth magazine published from 1954 to 1969. It was first youth magazine of Sweden.[1] During its existence it was the most popular magazine in its category.[2]

History and profile

Bildjournalen was established in 1954.[1][2] It was part of and published by Åhlén & Åkerlund.[3] The headquarters was in Malmö.[4] A movie magazine, Filmjournalen, merged with it.[5] The magazine covered all the topics, which young people were interested in, such as music, movies, beauty tips, fashion, novels, news about society and current events.[2][6] The magazine offered several flexi discs.[7][8] The contributors were the leading Swedish journalists and photographers, which included Cecilia Hagen, Staffan Heimerson, Anja Notini, Gunilla Pontén, Anders Engman and Bengt H Malmqvist.[2] Bertil Torekull was one of the editors-in-chief of the magazine, who was also the editor-in-chief of another magazine Veckorevyn.[9]

In 1959 Bildjournalen had a circulation of 230,000 copies.[10] The magazine ceased publication in 1969.[2] In 2011 a book about Bildjournalen was published by Premium Publishing.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Alf Björnberg; Thomas Bossius (8 December 2016). Made in Sweden: Studies in Popular Music. Taylor & Francis. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-134-85857-6. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Boken om Bildjournalen". Premium Publishing. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lars Åke Palén". Premium Rockshot. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Dag Nordmark (1999). Finrummet och lekstugan (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Prisma. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bildjournalen". Movie Mags. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Daniel Miller (2001). Consumption: Objects, subjects and mediations in consumption. Taylor & Francis. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-415-24270-7. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bildjournalen". Showcase. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Namelosers". Popsike. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Maria Grafström (2006). The Development of Swedish Business Journalism. Uppsala University. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Ulf Lindberg. "Från "högkyrka" till "egojournalistik"" (PDF). Nordicom (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "New book features interview with Björn and rare pictures". icethesite. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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