Elkjøp

{{Short description|Norwegian consumer Currys plc}}

{{COI|date=October 2013}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Elkjøp

| logo = Elkjop logo blue.png

| slogan =

| foundation = March 1962

| location = Nydalen, Norway

| parent = Currys plc

| key_people = Fredrik Tønnesen
(CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS)

| industry = Retail

| products = Consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods

| revenue = 47.15 BNOK (2023–2024)

| num_employees = 24,000

| homepage = {{Official URL}}

}}

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Elkjøp, better known as Elgiganten outside Norway, is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic Countries with four hundred stores in six countries and 24,000 employees.{{cite web|url=http://www.elkjop.no/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/store-elkjop-Site/no_NO/-/NOK/El_GetCMSContent-Start;pgid=oyCz6oZK.LxSR0EjcIZBwx1e0000-63abrix?MenuId=1114&ContentType=content&ContentKey=2513|title=Employees and stores count (in Norwegian)|access-date=12 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085234/http://www.elkjop.no/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/store-elkjop-Site/no_NO/-/NOK/El_GetCMSContent-Start;pgid=oyCz6oZK.LxSR0EjcIZBwx1e0000-63abrix?MenuId=1114&ContentType=content&ContentKey=2513|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}} Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962.{{cite news|title=Billigkjedens gründer|last=Ottesen|first=Gregers|date=19 March 2012|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=18}} It was purchased in November 1999 by Currys plc.{{cite web|url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/dixons-group-plc--dxns-/rns/nordic-electrical-retailer--elkjop--to-be-acquired/199911290716125739B/|title=Dixons Group PLC (DXNS)|website=investegate.co.uk|date=29 November 1999|accessdate=5 February 2021}} Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/nov/30/13|title=

Dixons tackles Europe|publisher=www.theguardian.com|date=30 November 1999|accessdate=1 January 2020}}

The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El purchase, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”). The company operated as an independent company with its own management and leadership. It merged with Elkjøp on 15 January 2018.{{Cite web|date=8 January 2018|title=Elkjøp og Lefdal blir én kjede|url=https://pressroom.elkjop.no/pressreleases/elkjoep-og-lefdal-blir-en-kjede-2363761 |access-date=8 August 2023|website=Mynewsdesk |language=no}}