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 , 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 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 (410,000 USD in 2016). [1]
In 2020, the Swedish audiobook service Storytel bought 70% of the company. [8]
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 , 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 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 (410,000 USD in 2016). [1]
In 2020, the Swedish audiobook service Storytel bought 70% of the company. [8]