Bonnier Publications publishes magazines, books, videos and multimedia products. Some of the best-known titles are ILLUSTRERET VIDENSKAB, a popular science magazine, I FORM, a health and fitness magazine, and BO BEDRE, our home and garden monthly.
Quality journalism is the hallmark of all of Bonniers' publications, and they all appeal to ordinary consumers as the prime target group.
Bonnier Publications is a company in the Bonnier AB group, Scandinavias biggest media group.
Strategy
The Group BONNIER PUBLICATIONS is a media house developing, publishing and marketing magazines, videos, cd-roms and books on markets with an interesting potential.
The companys main assets are the employees capability to produce editorial quality products and their knowledge of the readers wishes and who they are. Exploitation of these assets in every form is the policy of Bonnier Publications.
The company shall be an attractive publishing house, which draws talented, engaged, and dynamic persons operating in creative environments with the possibility of both teamwork and individual development and growth in a matrix and project oriented organisation. It is of the greatest importance that we possess the highest competence of editorial work, marketing, sales of magazines and advertisements, administration and service.
A high profitability is a must for the company in order to have the necessary expansion. Growth is a condition for survival on a long view, just like it creates the basis for the companys dynamic and creative environments.
The Bonnier Group consists of the following companies:
- Bonnier Publications A/S
- Bonnier Publications International A/S
- Bonnier Publications OY
- Bonnier Publications AB
- Bonnier Responsmedier AB
- Bonnier Responsmedier A/S
- Børsen Forum A/S
- Forlaget Benjamin ApS
- Idényt
Milestones
1959 Palle Fogtdal founded the company. One-shots are published
1961 The first magazine - Bo Bedre - is published
1971 BONNIER grants a loan and obtains 50 % of the shares
1974 Alt om Håndarbejde is launched
1975 Gør Det Selv is launched
1976 First launch outside Denmark is Gør Det Selv in Norway
1979 Alt om Håndarbejde is launched in Sweden
1981 Kupon-Nyhederne is launched
1982 Our first book series are launched a Cooking Encyclopaedia
1983 BONNIER is now owned 100 %
1984 Illustreret Videnskab is launched in all three Scandinavian countries
1986 Illustreret Videnskab is launched in Finland
1987 I Form is launched in Scandinavia and in Finland
1995 First video series Videnskabens Verden is launched in Scandinavia
1996 Komputer for alle is launched in Denmark and in 1997 in Norway, Sweden and Finland
1997 First cd-rom series Top Ten Games is launched
1998 Vi i Villa is purchased
2000 National Geographic is launched in Scandinavia and in Finland
2001 The publishing house Benjamin is purchased (50 %)
2002 Idé-nyt is purchased (60 %)
2002 www.iform.dk is launched
2002 Penge & Privatøkonomi is acquired
2003 All magazines have websites in all the countries they are published in
2003 Digital Foto is launched in Scandinavia
2003 Bo Bedre is launched in Norway
Bonnier Publications indgår i Bonnier AB, der er Nordens største mediekoncern.