Ranking of publishing companies in the Nordic countries 2024, by turnover

Albert Bonnier AB, was the leading publishing company by turnover in the Scandinavian country as of July 2024, generating a turnover of just above 2 billion euros. Microsoft AB is the second-largest publishing company in the Nordic countries, the Swedish publisher generated a turnover of almost 1.5 billion euros.

Games and software publishers

This ranking includes not only book and other print media publishers, but also for example video games companies, such as Mojang AB. The Swedish digital games developer came seventh in the list with a turnover of about 537 million euros. Additionally, the ranking comprises software publishers, for example Dolby International AB and Microsoft AB.

Swedish publishers are highest valued

The ranking of the leading Nordic companies in the publishing industry is dominated by Swedish enterprises. The largest Norwegian company and third on the list was Schibsted. The media house generated a turnover of roughly 1.9 billion euros as of December 2021. Other publishers with headquarter in Norway are, amongst others, Visma or Polaris Media.