Life At Bonnier - Norway

Bonnier Media Only Magazine Company Nominated for MBL Awards

By Bert Menninga on 2011-12-07
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Norwegian magazine publisher Bonnier Media, has been nominated as this year's sales department in Norway in 2011 in the annual competition of MBL (Norwegian Media Business's Association). Based on the results, expertise and level of activity, Bonnier Media was the only magazine publisher nominated in the category.

Christmas with Arne & Carlos

By Bert Menninga on 2011-12-01
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Cult Norwegian knitting design duo Arne & Carlos' Christmas ornament book an international hit.

Norway's coolest export these days is warm and fuzzy: creative designers and hip knitting nerds Arne & Carlos' top-selling how-to book 55 Christmas Balls to Knit.

Cappelen Damm Supports Rebuilding of Utøya

By Bert Menninga on 2011-08-18
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Norwegian book publisher Cappelen Damm is creating a special memorial book filled with contributions from professional writers and the general public, with the proceeds going toward the rebuilding of Utøya after the recent massacre.

Photo: Aleksander Wiken

After July 22, Norway will never be the same. Norwegian book publisher Cappelen Damm has decided to produce a special memorial book that will document how Norway reacted to the recent catastrophe. With the help of a Facebook page, the publisher is collecting photos, blog posts, speeches, Tweets and other messages to include in the book.

Latest Ad News from Norway

By Bert Menninga on 2011-06-16
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Advertising manager Trond Juliussen of Bonnier Media in Norway won the Bonnier Sales Awards in 2010. We talked with him about his prize, challenges in the magazine market and how the rest of the year seems to be shaping up.

It's been three months since you were named Sales Manager of the Year at the Bonnier Sales Awards. How was it to come home to Oslo with a prize in your pocket?

Flamme Flames On

By Bert Menninga on 2011-06-10
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Cool book launches, clever new authors and a common design thread are the hallmarks of Flamme, the smallest book publisher in Oslo's funky Grünerlokka neighborhood.

It started as a literary fanzine with two dedicated newspaper journalists pumping out texts and 10 subscribers.

Megan Miller on Tablets

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-26
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Bonnier R&D's Megan Miller speaks at AppWorks in Oslo.

At the recent AppWorks conference in Oslo - the largest conference in Scandinavia on mobile applications - the two hottest topics were location services and tablets. So says Bonnier R&D's Megan Miller, who spoke on a panel with representatives from Adobe and Katachi, a soon-to-be-launched tablet magazine.

"We talked about what defines a magazine experience, and whether it's possible to move the experience to a tablet while creating something entirely new," says Miller. "Does this mean print magazines are going to go away? Not anytime soon.

Meet Helene Guldahl

By Bert Menninga on 2011-05-19
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Helene Guldahl goes from Woman to Amelia with GROW.

Helene Guldahl from Bonnier Media in Norway has packed up and left for Stockholm for three months to work under the GROW program at Bonnier Tidskrifter for Amelia.

Spring Holiday Tips from Bonnier

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-20
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Recipes, egg-dying and more for the season from Bonnier magazines and TV.

Photo: Qfamily, CC-licensed

Looking for help in celebrating the season? Check out some of these tips from Bonnier:

Meet Trond Juliussen

By Kim Oswell on 2011-03-10
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Bonnier Media Sales Manager Trond Juliussen’s ability to be solution-oriented, creative and flexible in the media sales world led to his nomination for the Bonnier Sales Awards.

Trond Juliussen credits his success at Bonnier Media in Oslo, Norway to the commitment of his department and continually striving to create a dynamic organization. After three years as advertising director, Juliussen has achieved many professional and personal goals. "I'm most proud that we sold 32 percent more than last year," he says. "Personally, this year I was the winner of the Purple People Award, which recognizes Norway's best media seller.

Bo Bedre: A Young 50

By Bert Menninga on 2011-02-28
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Bo Bedre, Denmark's No. 1 interior design magazine, turns 50 with fanfare.

When Danish magazine king Palle Fogtdal launched the first issue of interior design magazine Bo Bedre in March 1961, it offered something new to Danish readers. Not only was it the first interior design magazine in Denmark, it was one of the first specialty magazines made for the general public and the biggest-circulation magazine on the market in the 1960s.

Fifty years later, Bo Bedre, owned by Bonnier Publications since 1983, still holds a special place in the hearts of Danish consumers.