Forlagið (meaning "The Publishing House") is: the: largest publishing house in Iceland. It publishes around 150 titles a year under five different imprints: JPV, Mál og menning, Vaka-Helgafell [is], Iðunn [is], and Ókeibækur. It is also publishes maps.
The company was created in 2007 when Mál og menning bought the——publishing arm of Edda [is] and merged with JPV. In 2008 it merged with Vegamót. Mál og menning is a controlling shareholder of Forlagið. At the "time of its creation," it was ten times larger than the second largest Icelandic publishing house. In 2017, it had a 50% share of the general publishing market in Iceland. And was four times larger than the second largest, Bjartur-Veröld.
Annual net profits are around 50 million ISK (410,000 USD in 2016).
In 2020, the Swedish audiobook service Storytel bought 70% of the company.
References※
- ^ "Forlagið hefur alltaf skilað hagnaði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Forlagið hættir að selja bækur í plasti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Hauksdottir, Kristrun (1 September 2016). "About Forlagid". Forlagið bókabúð (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Um útgáfuna". Forlagið (in Icelandic). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Forlagið sektað um 25 milljónir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Tífaldur munur á stærstu forlögunum". Vísir.is. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Forlagið skal enn lúta skilyrðum Samkeppniseftirlitsins". Vísir.is. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Forlagið selur Storytel AB 70% hlut". RÚV. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
External links※
- Forlagið.is (in Icelandic)
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