Populär Historia (Swedish: Popular History) is a monthly history magazine published in Malmö, Sweden. The magazine, which has been in circulation since 1991, is the first history-oriented periodical in the country.[1]
| Categories | History magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Bonnier Publications |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Company | Bonnier Group |
| Country | Sweden |
| Based in | Malmö |
| Language | Swedish |
| Website | Populär Historia |
| ISSN | 1102-0822 |
| OCLC | 1322199575 |
History and profile
editPopulär Historia was started in 1991.[2][3][4] The founding company was Historiska Media.[5] The LRF Media acquired the magazine in May 2010 and owned it until 1 June 2016 when it was sold to the Bonnier Group.[1][6]
The magazine is based in Malmö.[7][8] Since 2016, the magazine has been published by Bonnier Publications on a monthly basis.[3][6] As of 2016, Jacob Wiberg was the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[8]
Populär Historia was the recipient of the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association's grand prize in 2004.[9]
In 2007, the majority of Populär Historia readers were men.[2] The circulation of the magazine was 22,300 copies in 2000.[1] The magazine sold 35,000 copies in 2009.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Monica Vinterek (2015). "The use of powerful men, naked women and war to sell. Popular history magazines in Sweden". In Susanne Popp; Jutta Schumann; Miriam Hannig (eds.). Commercialised History: Popular History Magazines in Europe (PDF). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang AG. pp. 295–318. doi:10.3726/978-3-653-05253-4. ISBN 9783653052534. JSTOR j.ctv9hj7qx.14.
- ^ a b Bodil Axelsson (2012). "History in Popular Magazines: Negotiating Masculinities, the Low of the Popular and the High of History". Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. 4 (2). doi:10.25595/1497.
- ^ a b Marianne Sjöland (2011). "A Study of the History Writing of the Magazine Populär Historia and of Commercial Use of History" (PDF). European Crossroads. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ Johan Jarlbrink. "History and Web in Sweden". E-story. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ a b Karl Erik Gustafsson; Per Rydén (2010). A History of the Press in Sweden (PDF). Gothenburg: Litorapid Media AB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015.
- ^ a b "New Magazine Brands Acquired". Bonnier Group. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Om Populär Historia". Populär Historia (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Populär Historia". Sveriges Tidskrifter (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Alla vinnare". Sveriges Tidskrifter (in Swedish). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2023.