Categories | Youth magazine |
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Publisher | Åhlén & Åkerlund |
Founded | 1954 |
Final issue | 1969 |
Country | Sweden |
Based in | Malmö |
Language | Swedish |
OCLC | 445314702 |
Bildjournalen ( Swedish: The Picture Journal) was a youth magazine published from 1954 to 1969. It was first youth magazine of Sweden. [1] During its existence it was the most popular magazine in its category. [2]
Bildjournalen was established in 1954. [1] [2] The magazine was modeled on 17 and Hit Parader magazines. [3] It was part of and published by Åhlén & Åkerlund. [4] Its headquarters was in Malmö. [5] A movie magazine, Filmjournalen, merged with it. [6] [7]
The magazine covered all the topics, which young people were interested in, such as music, movies, beauty tips, fashion, novels, news about society and current events. [2] [8] These articles were accompanied by large photographs. [8] The magazine offered several flexi discs. [9] [10] The contributors were the leading Swedish journalists and photographers: Cecilia Hagen, Staffan Heimerson, Anja Notini, Gunilla Pontén, Anders Engman and Bengt H Malmqvist. [2] Bertil Torekull was one of the editors-in-chief of the magazine, who was also the editor-in-chief of another magazine Veckorevyn. [11]
In 1959, Bildjournalen had a circulation of 230,000 copies. [12] The magazine ceased publication in 1969. [2] [12] In 2011 a book about Bildjournalen was published by Premium Publishing. [13]