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This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
Context is provided by the broader communications and
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antecedents
1801
Gutkind Hirschel moves to Copenhagen from Dresden, changes
name to Gerard (later Gerhard) Bonnier
1804 opens bookshop in Copenhagen
1816 founds daily newspaper Dagsposten
1827 son Adolf opens bookshop in Gothenburg
1832 Adolf opens shop in Stockholm
beginnings
1834 Adolf founds publishing house
1837 Adolf's brother Albert founds publishing house, Albert
Bonnier Forlag
1837 publishes Bevis att Napoleon aldrig har existerat
('Proof that Napoleon has never existed')
1856 buys Hörbergska Tryckas
1859 brother David Felix starts Göteborgs-Posten daily
newspaper
1859 launch of Sveriges Handelskalender
1864 David Felix sells Göteborgs-Posten
1864 Albert buys David Felix's Göteborg shop
1864 Rudolf Wall launches Stockholm daily newspaper Dagens
Nyheter with Bonnier support
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
1929 launches Hemma magazine
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
1943 Tammi publishing founded in Finland
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
1952 extended Bonnier family consolidates media and industrial
interests in Bonnierföretagen
1952 family disputes result in Dagens Nyheter being spun
off under control of Kaj Bonnier
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 Danish newspaper group
A/S Forlaget Børsen
film and Grafoprint
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)
1977 family consolidates many industrial operations (under
Duni, , and Billingsfors, Duni and Solna banners) into
Grafoprint
1977 Grafoprint floated
1983 Dagens Nyheter sells Svensk Filmindustri to
Bonnierföretagen Group
1984 Bonnierföretagen Group buys Europa Film
1984 launch of general-reader science magazine Illustrerad
Vetenskap
1986 Dagens Nyheter newspaper group floated as Tidnings
AB Marieberg
1987 Bonner buys Norwegian book publisher Cappelens
1988 Å&Å-Tryck and Rotogravyr printers merged to form
Interprint
1988 Bonnier 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 - business information
publishing group Hoppenstedt Bonnier
1990 sale of Solna Offset printers
1991 buys Swedish publisher Trevi
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
1996 buys Tammi book publishing group
1996 buys Kirjakanava, Finland's third largest publisher
1997 Bonnier family sells major property holdings
1997 Bonnier family private company absorbs Marieberg
(vehicle for Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Sydsvenska
Dagbladet) for SKr 5.4bn
1997 takes stake in Finnish Alma
Media group, later increased to 33%
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 buys German publisher arsEdition
2000 launches business am newspaper in UK
2001 buys 50% of Danish publisher Forlaget Benjamin
2001 sells 75% of Svar om Stockholm information service
to Eniro
2001 buys German publisher Thienemann
2002 business am closed
2002 launches free daily commuter paper Metro
2003 merges Bonnier Radio AB with SBS
to creates SBS Radio AB (51% owned by SBS, 49% by Bonnier)
2005 Bonnier and investment fund Proventus acquire Alma
Media broadcast arm
2006 Bonnier pays up to US$90m for 49% stake in US magazine
publisher World Publications (Saveur, Garden
Design, Caribbean Travel & Life and
Water Skiing)
2006 Nordic Broadcasting Oy (jointly owned by Bonnier
and Proventus) buys Schibsted's 26.9% stake in broadcaster
TV4 for SEK1.455bn
2007 Bonnier buys 18 magazines from Time
Warner for est US$300m
2008 Bonnier's TV4 Group agrees to acquire Swedish Canal
Plus from ProSiebenSat.1 for €320m
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