Icakuriren (Swedish: The ICA Courier) is a weekly family magazine based in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the most read weeklies in the country.[1]
Categories | Family magazine |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Forma Publishing Group |
Founded | 1942 |
Company | Egmont Group |
Country | Sweden |
Based in | Solna, Stockholm |
Language | Swedish |
Website | Icakuriren |
ISSN | 0345-5068 |
OCLC | 226304015 |
Icakuriren was started in 1942 by ICA private retail company as an alternative family magazine.[2][3] During the initial phase it was distributed free of charge in the ICA shops.[3][4] Marta Arnesen was one of the early editors of Icakuriren.[5]
The magazine was owned by the Forma Publishing Group, a subsidiary of ICA Gruppen, until October 2014 when the company was acquired by the Egmont Group.[6] Icakuriren is published on a weekly basis.[7][8] It is mostly read by women.[7] Common topics covered include food, travel guides, and buying advice.[2] The magazine has its headquarters in Solna.[7]
In the 1950s the circulation of Icakuriren was 700,000 copies.[3] The magazine had a circulation of 184,900 copies in 2007.[9] Next year the circulation dropped to 170,200.[10] The magazine had a circulation of 98,000 copies in 2014[11] and 92,800 copies in 2015.[7]