Categories | History magazine |
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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 |
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]
Populär 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]