Business Areas Career Egmont Foundation News About Board of Trustees Key Figures & Reports Portfolio Corporate Management CSR Contact About Egmont Egmont is a leading Nordic media company committed to significant stories and journalism. All of Egmont is a foundation, and we do well to do good. We bring stories to life We are innovators in media, entertainment and online retail with a Nordic touch providing our users with insight, inspirations and choice. We are committed to significant stories and journalism. And we believe in unleashing creativity and entrepreneurship by applying technology in creating strong products and user excellence. Egmont is proud owner of companies like Story House Egmont, Nordisk Film, TV 2 in Norway and publishing house Lindhardt og Ringhof. All of Egmont is a foundation which means that we reinvest all profits in building great media and support vulnerable children and young people. Corporate Social Responsibility We have been working with CSR for over 100 years. It is an integrated part of our DNA. Go to CSR A history of innovation and social responsibility 1878 1880s 1890s 1901 1914 1920 1948 1950s 1961 1980s 1992 2013 2014 2016 2020 Today P. Petersens Bogtrykkeri is founded The story of Egmont begins in a modest apartment in Copenhagen. The young typographer Egmont Harald Petersen buys a “flyswatter”, a hand-driven and simple printing machine, with support from his mother, Petrine Petersen. Being a single parent, his mother pawns all her possessions to help him buy the machine and start his own printing business P. Petersens Bogtrykkeri. Innovating the business model Soon the one-man business starts to develop. From printing business cards, invoices and letterheads, Egmont H. Petersen advances into printing books and magazines. The company moves into new facilities in Copenhagen, new printing machines are purchased, employees are hired, and big companies are added to the client list. Frontrunner in colour-printing Egmont H. Petersen is first to apply colour-printing in Denmark, bringing four-colour printing into the mainstream. He always makes sure to keep himself updated on the newest printing technics and finds inspiration from abroad and in specialist publications. Magazine publisher Egmont H. Petersen starts printing the magazine Damernes Blad and a year later he becomes its publicist. He changes the name to Hjemmet and puts strong women in charge of the magazine. This is disruptive at that time. Gutenberghus is built With increased activity and continued growth, Egmont H. Petersen decides to build a large printing house and magazine company at the centre of Copenhagen. The new building, as well as the business, is now named Gutenberghus after the inventor of the printing press, Johann Gutenberg. The Egmont Foundation is established Egmont H. Petersen dies in 1914, and his last will is that a part of the company’s profits should “be used for philanthropic purposes”. In 1920, his wife Elisabeth and their five children turns the business into a foundation to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable children and families. Vision Egmont’s vision is to be the most attractive media group for employees, business partners and consumers. We want employees and business partners to perceive us as the preferred media group, and we want consumers to perceive us as the master storyteller. Mission Egmont’s mission is to create and tell stories. Storytelling stimulates the imagination, excites curiosity, rises new ideas, and is the foundation of all learning and development. Stories are at the heart of all our activities in Egmont. Stories are our promise to the world: We bring stories to life. Organisation Corporate Management Board of Trustees Explore our portfolio We continue our strategy of transforming the media business to grow with the modern consumer online, while investing comprehensively in content and journalism. Our companies are built on content, curation, communities and commerce. Go to Portfolio EUR 1,542m Revenue in 2020 EUR 225m EBITDA in 2020 EUR 85m Profit before tax in 2020 Go to Key Figures & Reports Our values Rummelig Passion Ambition Rummelig Rummelig is a Danish concept capturing a sense of broadness – in perspective, tolerance, willingness to think new thoughts and break new ground. We tell a world of stories in every medium imaginable. This diversity embodies an openness to everything new, and flexibility to embrace different cultures and personalities. Passion © 2021 Egmont. All rights reserved. Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Contact