company . for the financial intelligence organization see egmont group of financial intelligence units . egmont type private industry media group founded 1878 ; 138 years ago 1878 copenhagen denmark headquarters copenhagen denmark key people steffen kragh president & ceo steen riisgaard chairman products books magazines film cinemas interactive media television playstation revenue 1 551 million 2014 1 operating income 131 million 2014 1 total equity 704 million 2014 1 number of employees 6 300 2014 website www.egmont.com the egmont group formerly the gutenberghus group is a danish media corporation founded and rooted in copenhagen denmark . the business area of egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise mass media generally . contents 1 history and profile 2 group management 3 egmont divisions 4 uk branch 4.1 egmont press 4.2 egmont publishing 5 egmont foundation 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history and profile edit the egmont group was founded by egmont harald petersen in 1878 2 as a one man printing business but soon became a magazine business . it was originally called p. petersen printers named after petersen s mother as he was still too young at the time to register his own company . the company was renamed gutenberghus in 1914 after the famous inventor of the printing press a name it kept until 1992 . since 1948 gutenberghus looking for new opportunities sent its editor dan folke to walt disney productions and he managed to acquire a license for publishing comic magazines in scandinavia . in 1948 the company started to publish a donald duck comic magazine in sweden as kalle anka & c o and norway as donald duck & c o in 1949 also in denmark as anders and & c o . this magazine features all the well known disney characters from mickey mouse to little hiawatha under license from disney . with the acquisition in 1963 of the danish publisher aschehoug egmont also entered the book market . from the late 1980s the egmont group used the close connection with disney to expand their scandinavian focus to a global focus being the producer of disney for the new eastern european market as well as for the chinese market . in 1991 egmont was co founder of the norwegian television channel tv 2 which egmont now owns . the following year egmont bought nordisk film . in 2008 they acquired the minority stake in magazine publisher hjemmet mortensen which they did not already hold from orkla asa . 3 egmont has a number of local country branches australia bulgaria china croatia czech republic denmark estonia finland germany hungary latvia lithuania norway poland russia south africa sweden turkey ukraine and united kingdom . egmont is one of scandinavia s leading media groups producing weeklies magazines comics books educational materials activity products movies and tv programs . the media group also operates movie theaters and tv stations and the egmont name is behind interactive games game consoles music and a wide range of digital media . egmont publishes media in more than 30 countries has 6 300 employees and generates revenue amounting to eur 1.5 million in 2014 . 1 egmont acquired forma publishing group in october 2014 . 4 in january 2015 the company shut down its american publishing division . 5 group management edit steffen kragh president and ceo hans j. carstensen cfo torsten bjerre rasmussen executive vice president egmont and ceo for egmont publishing allan mathson hansen executive vice president egmont and president for egmont nordisk film olav t. sandnes ceo and chief editor of tv 2 in norway egmont divisions edit egmont publishing egmont books egmont nordisk film tv 2 norway uk branch edit it has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled egmont uk . discuss september 2013 egmontuk publishes books and magazines for children in the united kingdom for example toxic . in 1991 egmont purchased the fleetway arm of ipc media in the uk from a company owned by robert maxwell and merged it with their existing comics publishing division london editions and thus became britain s largest comic book publisher . the resultant company fleetway editions was absorbed into the main egmont brand by 2000 having largely divested itself of its original portfolio such as 2000 ad and continued with only reprint and licensed material titles e.g. sonic the comic . the fleetway archive comprises those comics characters first published by ipc subsidiaries on or after 1 january 1970 together with 26 specifically named characters first published in buster before that date . 6 egmontuk is divided into two divisions egmont press and egmont publishing . egmont press edit egmont press is egmont s author and illustrator list . it includes fiction novels picture books novelty books illustrated books fantasy adventures and egmont s own banana books for five to nine year olds . egmont press also has a number of young adult fiction award winners classics and epic tales . they publish the work of authors such as andy stanton jamila gavin william nicholson michael morpurgo catherine forde julia golding kristina stephenson katherine woodfine michael grant and anne fine . they are also the uk publisher of a series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket which has sold over 2 million copies . egmont press s illustrators include helen oxenbury and colin and jacqui hawkins . 7 egmont publishing edit egmont publishing publish a wide range of formats for children of all ages storybooks annuals colouring activity and sticker books as well as a wide range of novelty books . the publishing list contains books featuring licensed characters including babar barbie ben 10 bob the builder cars cat royal charlie bone disney fairies disney princesses dora the explorer fireman sam flat stanley go girl halo mythos lazytown miffy mr. gum mr. men & little miss nickelodeon numberjacks plonsters postman pat all about ... prince of persia the sands of time power rangers roy of the rovers rupert bear shaun the sheep the little prince the rainbow orchid the wind in the willows thomas and friends the adventures of tintin toxic tumtum and nutmeg wallace and gromit winnie the pooh zoey101 egmont foundation edit egmont is a commercial foundation with a charitable wing . the founder s last will and testament paved the way for egmont s charitable work to support social cultural and scientific causes . as a foundation egmont helps improve children s and young people s quality of life donating more than eur 235 million to social cultural and health projects since 1920 . see also edit list of uk children s book publishers references edit a b c d e key figures and annual reports . egmont . retrieved 1 february 2015 . eva harrie 2009 . the nordic media market pdf . nordicom university of gothenburg . g teborg . retrieved 10 december 2014 . orkla asa sells its stake in magazine publisher hjemmet mortensen as to denmark s egmont nordic business report 27 june 2008 danish media group egmont completes acquisition of forma publishing group . talking new media . 3 october 2014 . retrieved 29 april 2015 . egmont publishing closes us business . egmont . retrieved 7 april 2015 . frank birch 14 december 2008 . speaking frankly ... . birmingham mail . retrieved 15 april 2011 . egmont press . egmont . retrieved 15 april 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to egmont . egmont group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title egmont group & oldid 744150403 categories 1878 establishments in denmarkpublishing companies established in 1878media companies of denmarkmagazine publishing companies of denmarkbook publishing companies of denmarkcomic book publishing companies of denmarkmedia companies based in copenhagenhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles to be split from september 2013all articles to be splitpages with split section templates needing conversion 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