Life At Bonnier - September 2009

A Night at the Movies

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-09-29
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There are movie theaters, and then there’s Bergakungen – a spectacular palace of entertainment with VIP lounges, restaurants, gigantic screens and a world-class audio system.    

Mats Kullander

It's Saturday night at Bergakungen.  Three anti-aircraft spotlights sweep slowly across the night sky as they might at an Oscars gala.  The concessions line snakes through the foyer; the air is filled with expectation, excited chatter and the smell of popcorn.  By the time the credits fade on the evening's final film, over 6,500 people have had their tickets torn, sunken comfortably into their seats and glued their eyes to the big screen.

Sigurd Eriksen: Still exploring

By Sigurd Eriksen on 2009-09-28
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Sigurd finds out that it's pretty easy being a Norwegian in Helsinki

I've been in Helsinki for some time now and start to realise that people here is not much different from people back in Norway. Except from the language, it's pretty easy being a Norwegian in Helsinki. Well, the part with the language isn't a big problem either, since most Finns speak excellent English.

Jorid Aldrin: Busy weeks at the online department

By Jorid Aldrin on 2009-09-28
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Our GROW ambassador Jorid is checking out Vesterbros cozy coffeehouses and looking at twitter as a traffic channel

Time flies, It's almost a month since I left Sweden. In a kind of way it feels like I just arrived, but in the same time it feels like I've been here for ages and my life back home feels kind of distant.

Kristin Mack Alnaes: City of Big Surprises

By Kristin Mack Alnaes on 2009-09-26
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Our GROW ambassador Kristin in Sydney discovers that designing books and magazines are not poles apart. And yet there are some peculiar differences  

I find two features of my new workplace quite unique from what I am used to. First, I cannot use color on type. As the books are translated into different languages, the images and graphics are produced with the same 4-color process in all issues. In the end the text is printed separately and therefore only in black spot color to save plates and consequently production costs.

Steffen Trannerup: Meet and Greet in Orlando

By Steffen Trannerup on 2009-09-26
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Steffen Trannerup, GROW ambassador from Copenhagen, spent his first week in Orlando shaking hands, understanding the workflows, having dinner with Mickey Mouse and listening to The Boss 

Hi, I'm Steffen! I'm 36 years old and I've worked at Bonnier Publications in Copenhagen since 2003.

Lisa Matusova: Continuing to investigate the Finnish character

By Lisa Matusova on 2009-09-24
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Our Russian GROW ambassador explores the milk-drinking Finns in the land of the Hobbits

The last few weeks have been very sated for me, both at work and from a personal point of view.

Ylva Lundberg: See You Later, Alligator!

By Ylva Lundberg on 2009-09-22
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Our GROW ambassador Ylva Lundberg enjoys life at Bonnier Corporation in Florida — apart from the washing machine of course   

Hey y'all, over there! Three weeks ago I left Malmo, Sweden and my job at Homeenter, the Nordic countries' largest Film, Music and Children's Film Club. In Malmo, I mainly work with the development and planning of our Collectables Series and with printed media such as direct mail, inserts, ads and other print activities.

What are SF and SF Bio doing in Norway?

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-09-21
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Just how different is Norway’s cinema industry from its Swedish counterpart? Did you know for example that most of the country’s cinemas are owned by municipal governments? Or that SF has its own active production department in Norway?    

Cinema in Norway has a long history. As early as 1896, the first public film screening took place in Oslo - just months after the Lumière brothers first dazzled audiences with moving images in Paris. 1913 marked the passing of the first cinema law, which among other things required cinemas to obtain special licenses. At the time, it was primarily municipal governments that received these permits, a fact that created an entirely different structure for the cinema industry compared to that found in Sweden.

Monika Klinar: It’s our first date

By Monika Klinar on 2009-09-18
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Monika from Slovenia is a GROW ambassador at Bonnier Corporation. It's her first date with The Big Apple, and they are still learning to know each other

Start spreading the news,

I'm leaving today.

I want to be a part of it, New York, New York.
...

Oh, boy, what should I write for my first post? Only a bit more than a week has passed of my stay here in New York City, working as a research analyst in the corporate research department of Bonnier Corporation, and so many things have already happened and I have gathered many experiences.

Tuija Kuusela: GROW is like a lottery win!

By Tuija Kuusela on 2009-09-17
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Our Finnish GROW ambassador looking forward to work with her passion

Hejsan from Stockholm!