Familie Journal

Familie Journal
Cover page dated 13 May 1894
Categories
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherAller Press
FounderCarl Aller
Founded1877; 147 years ago (1877)
CompanyAller Media
CountryDenmark
Based inCopenhagen
LanguageDanish
WebsiteFamilie Journalen

Familie Journal is a weekly family and women's magazine published in Copenhagen, Denmark. Launched in 1877 the magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country. It was also published in Norway and Sweden.

History and profile

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The magazine was started as a family-oriented weekly by Carl Aller in 1877 under the name Illustreret Familie-Journal.[1][2][3] In 1938 Børge Michelsen was appointed the science editor of the magazine.[4] It is part of Aller, a subsidiary of Aller Holding A/S,[2] and is published by Aller Press on a weekly basis.[5][6] It has its headquarters in Copenhagen.[7][8] In the early years the magazine was read by petit-bourgeois.[9] The magazine targets women over forty[6][10] who are primarily from lower social classes.[11]

Familie Journal has editions in Norway and Sweden.[1] The Swedish version was launched in 1879 with the name Illustrerad Familij Journal.[8] Its Norwegian version was launched in 1897.[1]

Content

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A play by the Swedish author Victoria Benedictsson entitled I Telefon (Swedish: On Telephone) was serialized in Familie Journalen in 1887.[9] It was an early example of the avant-garde Nordic theatre work.[9] From 1938 science editor Børge Michelsen published articles on new inventions and science oddities in the magazine.[4] The magazine and its Swedish and Norwegian editions covered fiction material which was edited by Erling Poulsen from 1953 and 1964.[8] The frequent topics covered in Familie Journal include sewing and knitting, cooking and baking.[6]

A popular correspondence column, called Små hverdags problemer (Danish: Small everyday problems) was run by writer and journalist Edith Rode from 1937 to 1956 and then up to 1976 by writer and poet Tove Ditlevsen.[12][13]

Circulation

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Familie Journal sold 100,000 copies in 1885.[14] In around 1900 the circulation of the magazine rose to 200,000 copies in Denmark.[3]

In 2001 the circulation of Familie Journal was 237,000 copies.[15] During the last six months of 2003 the magazine had a circulation of 228,000 copies, making it the best-selling general interest magazine in the country.[5] Its circulation was 198,300 copies during the last six months of 2007.[16] The magazine had a circulation of 178,208 copies in 2010.[17] It fell to 167,919 copies in 2011 and to 163,048 copies in 2012.[17] Its circulation was 160,000 copies in 2013.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Carl Allers Etablissement A/S". Reference for Business. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "About Aller". Aller. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b Oskar Bandle; et al., eds. (2005). The Nordic Languages 2: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages. Vol. 2. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 1487. ISBN 978-3-11-017149-5.
  4. ^ a b Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen (2008). "Enacting the social relations of science: historical (anti-)boundary-work of Danish science journalist Børge Michelsen". Public Understanding of Science. 17 (2): 176. doi:10.1177/0963662506067661. S2CID 220849487.
  5. ^ a b "The Magazine Market in Denmark and Germany". All Academic Research. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Familie Journal". Adnative. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. ^ Europa World Year. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 1439. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  8. ^ a b c Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (1998). Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts: the Case of Harlequin Enterprises and Sweden. Uppsala: Uppsala University. p. 95. ISBN 978-91-85178-28-5.
  9. ^ a b c Birgitte Wistoft (2010). "A Devilish Device: Attitudes to Telephony 1876–1920". The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology. 80 (2): 217,223. doi:10.1179/175812110X12714133353795. S2CID 111285194.
  10. ^ "Entertainment" (PDF). Affinity Primemedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  11. ^ Stig Hjarvard (September 2004). "The Globalization of Language. How the Media Contribute to the Spread of English and the Emergence of Medialects". Nordicom Review. 25 (1–2): 87. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.732.6541.
  12. ^ Antje C. Petersen (1992). "Tove Ditlevsen and the Aesthetics of Madness". Scandinavian Studies. 64 (2): 243. JSTOR 40919418.
  13. ^ Lone Kühlmann (22 April 2023). "Edith Rode". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish).
  14. ^ Martin Zerlang. "Det Moderne Gennembrud 1870-1890". Institut for litteraturvidenskab, KUA (in Danish). Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Statistical Yearbook 2002". Denmarks Statistik. p. 157. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  16. ^ Eva Harrie (2009). "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom, University of Gothenburg. Göteborg. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  18. ^ "Consumer-paid magazines by circulation". Statistics Denmark. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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