Amelia (magazine)
{{Short description|Swedish women's magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox magazine
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| editor = Karin Nordin
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| previous_editor= Amelia Adamo
| frequency = Biweekly
| circulation =
| category = {{ubl|Women's magazine | Lifestyle magazine}}
| company = Bonnier
| publisher = Bonnier Tidskrifter
| founder = Amelia Adamo
| founded = {{start date and age|1995}}
| firstdate =
| country = Sweden
| based = Stockholm
| language = Swedish
| website = [http://www.amelia.se/ Amelia]
| issn = 1400-6057
| oclc = 1201412396
}}
Amelia is a biweekly lifestyle and women's magazine published in Stockholm, Sweden. It has been in circulation since 1995.
History and profile
Amelia was started in 1995.{{cite web|title=Amelia|url=http://sverigestidskrifter.se/tidskrifter/25-amelia|work=Sveriges Tidskrifter|access-date=24 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331100048/http://sverigestidskrifter.se/tidskrifter/25-amelia|archive-date=31 March 2015|language=sv}}{{cite news|title=Amelia Adamo vill uppfostra läsarna|work=Hufvudstadsbladet|date=27 September 2015|url=http://gamla.hbl.fi/kultur/2015-09-27/772024/amelia-adamo-vill-uppfostra-lasarna|language=sv|access-date=14 September 2023
|author= Annika Hällsten}} Amelia Adamo is the founder and the first editor-in-chief of the magazine,{{cite web|title=Sweden: Bonnier folds "Queen" magazine and launches "S"|url=https://mags360.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/sweden-bonnier-folds-queen-magazine-and-launches-s/|work=Mags 360°|access-date=24 May 2015|date=9 April 2010}} which is part of Bonnier media group.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.bonnier.com/about-us/history/|work=Bonnier AB|access-date=24 May 2015}} The magazine is published by Bonnier Tidskrifter.{{cite journal|author=Ann Kristin Gresaker|title=Making religion relevant? Representations of Religion in Nordic Popular Magazines 1988–2008|journal=Nordic Journal of Religion and Society|year=2013|volume=26|issue=1
|pages=63–84|doi=10.18261/ISSN1890-7008-2013-01-05|doi-access=free}} It targets women aged 25–45 years.
Amelia is published on a biweekly basis, and its headquarters is in Stockholm. Åsa Lundegård served as the editor-in-chief.{{cite web|title=Amelia|url=http://www.bonniertidskrifter.se/BT/mediekit/Amelia_ENG.pdf|work=Bonnier Tidskrifter
|access-date=24 May 2015|date=24 April 2015|archive-date=24 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524115505/http://www.bonniertidskrifter.se/BT/mediekit/Amelia_ENG.pdf}} In May 2018 Kardin Nordin was named as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.{{cite news|author=Llinnea Kihlstrom|title=Amelia får ny redaktör|access-date=2 April 2020
|url=https://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/medievarldens-arkiv/amelia-far-ny-redaktor/|work=Dagens Media|date=14 May 2018|language=sv}} The website of the magazine was integrated into that of Expressen in 2020.{{cite news|title=Allt om Mat, Sköna hem och Damernas Värld blir en del av Expressens digitala ekosystem|access-date=22 July 2023|work=Via TT|date=20 May 2021|url=https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/allt-om-mat-skona-hem-och-damernas-varld-blir-en-del-av-expressens-digitala-ekosystem?publisherId=3236095&releaseId=3299644|language=sv}}
There are eight annual spinoffs of the magazine, including Amelia Christmas, Amelia Baby, and Amelia Summer.
Amelia was named by the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association as the magazine of the year in 1997.{{cite web|title=Alla vinnare
|website=Sveriges Tidskrifter|date=20 November 2020|url=https://sverigestidskrifter.se/tidskriftsdagen-tidskriftspriset/alla-vinnare/
|language=sv|access-date=7 October 2023}}
Circulation
The circulation of Amelia in its first year, 1995, was 91,000 copies.{{cite web|author=Amelia Adamo|title=How amelia became Sweden´s most successful magazine|url=http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/32rdFipp/Adamo.doc|work=Magazine.org|access-date=24 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030805091244/http://www.magazine.org.tw/events/32rdFipp/Adamo.doc|archive-date=5 August 2003}} In 1998 its circulation rose to 119,000 copies and 128,000 copies in 1999.{{cite book|author=Patrik Aspers
|title=Markets in Fashion: A phenomenological approach|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGYtCRvNj5UC&pg=PA208|year=2012|page=208|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-28080-3|author-link=Patrik Aspers|location=London; New York}}
In 2007, its circulation was 113,000 copies.{{cite book|author=Eva Harrie|title=The Nordic Media Market|year=2009
|publisher=Nordicom|location=Göteborg|url=http://rafhladan.is/bitstream/handle/10802/7684/nmt09_001-194.pdf?sequence=1|access-date=23 May 2015}} The magazine sold 90,000 copies in 2013{{cite web|title=Profile. Amelia|work=K. media|access-date=24 May 2015
|url=http://www.kmedianet.com/EN/MediaPartners/portfolio/europe/sweden/bonnier_tidskrifter/amelia.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524115012/http://www.kmedianet.com/EN/MediaPartners/portfolio/europe/sweden/bonnier_tidskrifter/amelia.aspx|archive-date=24 May 2015|url-status=dead}} and 80,300 copies in 2014.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.amelia.se/}}
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Category:1995 establishments in Sweden
Category:Biweekly magazines published in Sweden
Category:Magazines established in 1995
Category:Magazines published in Stockholm