Bonnier

This chronology is indicative only. There's a separate, more general communications and media timeline.

     beginnings

1804 Gerhard Bonnier opens bookshop in Copenhagen

1827 son Adolf opens bookshop in Gothenburg

1832 Adolf opens shop in Stockholm

1837 Adolf's brother Albert founds publishing house and publishes Bevis att Napoleon aldrig har existerat (Proof that Napoleon has never existed)

1859 brother David Felix starts Göteborgs-Posten daily newspaper

1859 launch of Sveriges Handelskalender

1864 David Felix sell Göteborgs-Posten

1877 Albert Bonnier's publishing house publishes Från Fjerdingen till Svartbäck, its first Strindberg title

1888 Albert Bonnier buys his first share in Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter

1892 children's newspaper Kamratposten founded

1909 Karl-Otto Bonnier, Albert's son, gains control of Dagens Nyheter

1912 Bonnier opens bookshop in New York

1923 weekly magazine Bonniers Veckotidning founded

1924 Bonniers acquires majority of Dagens Nyheter

1928 starts educational publishing house in partnership with Norstedts

1929 buys Sweden's largest magazine publishing house, Åhlén & Åkerlund

1930 buys J P Åhléns tidskrifter (magazine publishers) and Folkskolans Barntidning (Junior School Magazine)

1935 weekly magazine Vecko-Revyn launched

     expansion outside publishing

1937 buys Alga, the first company outside the media sphere

1944 launches the evening paper Expressen

1946 Bonniers starts Grafisk Färg and Solna Offset

1946 launch of the magazine Året Runt

1949 Dagens Nyheter buys Billingsfors paper mill, forming basis for paper manufacturer Duni

1950 Semic, publisher of comics, founded

1959 partnership with Danish newspaper group Fogtdal

1961 launch of Specialtidningsförlaget

1965 launch of weekly business magazine Veckans Affärer

1969 Bonniers buys 49% stake in A/S Forlaget Børsen, Denmark

     film

1973 Dagens Nyheter buys Svensk Filmindustri film production and distribution company

1976 Dagens Industri business daily launched

1976 buys French publisher Editions La Croix (renamed Publications Bonnier)

1983 Dagens Nyheter sells Svensk Filmindustri to Bonnierföretagen Group

1984 Bonnierföretagen Group buys Europa Film

1984 launch of general-reader science magazine Illustrerad Vetenskap

1987 buys Norwegian book publisher Cappelens

1988 Å&Å-Tryck and Rotogravyr printers merged to form Interprint

1988 launches pay tv channel SF SuccZ in partnership with Canal+ and Time-Warner

1989 SuccZ merged with TV1000 channel; Bonnier later sells out

1990 Bonnier buys Scandinavian Music Club

1990 Bonniers Affärsinformation launches joint venture with German publisher Hoppenstedt

1990 sale of Solna Offset printers

1993 Bonnier Carlsen, largest publisher of children's literature in the Nordic countries, launched

     restructuring

1994 Marieberg acquires daily paper Sydsvenska Dagbladet

1994 Bonnierförlagen buys German publishing house Piper

1995 Dagens Industri launches Wirtschaftsblatt in Austria

1995 launch of women's weekly Amelia

1997 Bonnier family private company absorbs Marieberg (vehicle for Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Sydsvenska Dagbladet) for SEK 5.4bn

1997 takes stake in Finnish Alma Media group

1998 Bonnier AB established as holding group

1999 Bonnier Litterära Magasin closes after 60 years

1999 SF Bio cinema chain expands into Norway

2000 buys German publisher Hoppenstedt

2000 launches business am newspaper in UK

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