Kingsize Magazine

{{Short description|Swedish hip-hop magazine}}

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| title = Kingsize Magazine

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| editor = Malkolm Landréus

| editor_title = Editor-in-chief

| previous_editor = Tobias Carlsson

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| category = Music, culture

| frequency = Bi-monthly

| format = Magazine

| circulation = 15,000

| founder = Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård

| founded = 2004

| firstdate = {{Start date and age|2004}}

| company = HKM Media Group

| country = Sweden

| based = Stockholm

| language = Swedish

| website = {{URL|https://www.kingsizemag.se/}}

| issn = 1652-8190

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| oclc = 937176681

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| category = Music, culture

| frequency = Bi-monthly (former quarterly)

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| circulation = 5,000

| founder = Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård

| founded = 2001

| firstdate = {{Start date and age|2001|03}}

| finaldate = {{End date and age|2009|08}}

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| country = Norway

| based = Oslo

| language = Norwegian

| website = {{URL|https://www.kingsize.no/}}

| issn = 1502-7783

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| oclc = 286456462

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Kingsize Magazine (sometimes written as KingSize) is a magazine focusing on hip-hop music and culture. It was founded in Norway in 2001 by Hallgeir Knutsen and Julian Alexander Kibsgård and was the first Norwegian-language hip-hop magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/i/PnPAX/hip-hop-for-folket|title=Hip hop for folket|date=4 April 2001|lang=no|first=Frederic|last=Moger|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|access-date=2 February 2025}} Kingsize expanded to Sweden in 2004, with separate Norwegian and Swedish issues published bi-monthly.{{Cite web|url=https://e24.no/teknologi/i/e1ng5O/hip-hop-magasinet-kingsize-legger-ned|title=Hip hop-magasinet Kingsize legger ned|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|work=E24 Næringsliv|access-date=2 February 2025}} The Norwegian edition originally had a circulation of 5,000 copies and was published quarterly, with a target audience of boys aged 15–25.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/norsk-hiphop-magasin-til-sverige/s/12-95-2013512|title=Norsk hiphop-magasin til Sverige|date=22 August 2003|lang=no|work=Nettavisen|access-date=2 February 2025}} The Norwegian Kingsize ceased publication in 2009 due to declining advertising revenue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/j6Bq9/slutt-for-hip-hop-magasin|title=Slutt for hip hop-magasin|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|first=Trine|last=Saugestad Hatlen|work=Verdens Gang|access-date=2 February 2025}}

The Swedish edition of Kingsize has been issued since 2004 but ceased physical publications in 2012 to focus on their website and online magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/20120306125658_kingsize_magazine_stoppar_pressarna|title=Kingsize Magazine stoppar pressarna|date=6 March 2012|lang=sv|publisher=Sveriges Television|access-date=2 February 2025}} The magazine returned in its physical edition in 2018 after being purchased by Nöjesguiden Media, the company behind Nöjesguiden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/papperstidningen-kingsize-atervander.156d4d61-9fe6-4435-9c53-f4dfd05d4e29|title=Papperstidningen Kingsize återvänder|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|author=TT News Agency|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://ng.se/artiklar/nojesguiden-koper-kingsize-magazine|title=Nöjesguiden köper Kingsize Magazine|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|first=Frasse|last=Levinsson|work=Nöjesguiden|access-date=2 February 2025}} As of 2018, Kingsize Magazine is distributed free-of-charge mainly in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, and is funded by advertisers.{{Cite web|url=https://hkm.se/kingsize-magazine%EF%BF%BC/|title=Kingsize Magazine|lang=sv|publisher=HKM Media Group|access-date=2 February 2025}} In the 2010s, the magazine hosted the Kingsizegala, an annual music awards ceremony celebrating Swedish hip-hop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/parham-kan-bli-storvinnare-pa-kingsizegalan.f51986d5-05c1-4c16-9e94-356a96c67c7b|title=Parham kan bli storvinnare på Kingsizegalan|date=29 December 2014|lang=sv|first=Tobias|last=Holmgren|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2 February 2025}} Kingsize Magazine is the largest hip-hop magazine in the Nordic region.