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| 👁 Image | |
| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 1962 |
| Headquarters | Nydalen, Norway |
Key people | Fredrik Tønnesen (CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS) |
| Products | Consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods |
| Revenue | 47.15 BNOK (2023–2024) |
Number of employees | 24,000 |
| Parent | Currys plc |
| Website | www.elkjop.no 👁 Edit this at Wikidata |
Elkjøp, better known as Elgiganten outside Norway, is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic countries with four hundred stores in six countries and 24,000 employees.[1] Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962.[2] It was purchased in November 1999 by Currys plc.[3] Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[4]
The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El purchase, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”). The company operated as an independent company with its own management and leadership. It merged with Elkjøp on 15 January 2018.[5]
Operations
[edit]Elkjøp currently trades under several different brands:
| Country | Local name | Number of stores |
|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image Denmark |
Elgiganten | 48 |
| 👁 Image Faroe Islands |
Elding | 2 |
| 👁 Image Finland |
Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse | 38 |
| 👁 Image Greenland |
Elgiganten | 2 |
| 👁 Image Iceland |
Elko | 5 |
| 👁 Image Norway |
Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse | 140 |
| 👁 Image Sweden |
Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House | 172 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Employees and stores count (in Norwegian)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
- ^ Ottesen, Gregers (19 March 2012). "Billigkjedens gründer". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 18.
- ^ "Dixons Group PLC (DXNS)". investegate.co.uk. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Dixons tackles Europe". www.theguardian.com. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Elkjøp og Lefdal blir én kjede". Mynewsdesk (in Norwegian). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
External links
[edit]Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elkjøp&oldid=1330775244"