Bildjournalen

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]

Bildjournalen
CategoriesYouth magazine
PublisherÅhlén & Åkerlund
Year founded1954
Final issue1969
CountrySweden
Based inMalmö
LanguageSwedish
OCLC445314702

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. Alf Björnberg; Thomas Bossius (2016). Made in Sweden: Studies in Popular Music. Taylor & Francis. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-134-85857-6.
  2. "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.
  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.
  10. Ulf Lindberg. "Från "högkyrka" till "egojournalistik"" (PDF). Nordicom (in Swedish).
  11. "New book features interview with Björn and rare pictures". icethesite. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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