Forlagið (, meaning "The Publishing House") is the largest publishing house in Iceland.[1][2] It publishes around 150 titles a year[3] under five different imprints: JPV, Mál og menning, Vaka-Helgafell, Bókaútgáfan Iðunn, and Ókeibækur.[4] It is also publishes maps.[1]
The company was created in 2007 when Mál og menning bought the publishing arm of Edda útgáfa and merged with JPV.[1] In 2008 it merged with Vegamót.[5] Mál og menning is a controlling shareholder of Forlagið.[1] At the time of its creation, it was ten times larger than the second largest Icelandic publishing house.[6] In 2017, it had a 50% share of the general publishing market in Iceland,[7] and was four times larger than the second largest, Bjartur-Veröld.[7]
Annual net profits are around 50 million ISK ( USD in 2016).[1]
In 2020, the Swedish audiobook service Storytel bought 70% of the company.[8]
External links
- Forlagið.is (in Icelandic)
References
- Forlagið hefur alltaf skilað hagnaði Morgunblaðið, 4 August 2016, retrieved 28 March 2020^
- Forlagið hættir að selja bækur í plasti Morgunblaðið, retrieved 28 March 2020^
- Kristrun Hauksdottir. About Forlagid Forlagið bókabúð, 1 September 2016, retrieved 28 March 2020