Bonytt

Bonytt is a Norwegian monthly home and interior design magazine based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1941, it is one of the oldest magazines in the country as well as the most popular magazine in its category.[1]

Bonytt
CategoriesHome and interior design magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherEgmont Hjemmet Mortensen A/S
FounderArne Remlow and Per Tannum
Year founded1941 (1941)
CompanyEgmont/Orkla ASA
CountryNorway
Based inOslo
LanguageNorwegian

History and profile

Bonytt was established in 1941.[2] The founders were Arne Remlow and Per Tannum.[2] Ramlow was the owner and long-term editor-in-chief of the magazine,[2] which has its headquarters in Oslo.[3] In 1947 the magazine become the official media outlet of the Norwegian Applied Art Association.[2] In the 1950s it adopted a modernist approach, which was left later.[2] Then it positioned itself as a source for inspiration for the amateur interior designers.[2] In 1967 the magazine was renamed as nye bonytt to indicate its new approach.[4]

The magazine is part of Egmont/Orkla ASA.[5] It is published monthly by Egmont Hjemmet Mortensen A/S.[3]

In 1999 Bonytt had a circulation of 711,000 copies, making it the best-selling consumer special interest magazine in Norway.[6] The circulation of the magazine was 68,000 copies in 2003.[7] In 2006 the magazine sold 62,900 copies.[5]

References
  1. Thomas Berker; Helen Jøsok Gansmo (June 2010). "Paradoxes of design: energy and water consumption and the aestheticization of Norwegian bathrooms 1990–2008". Sustainable Development. 18 (3): 135–149. doi:10.1002/sd.454. hdl:11250/2463358.
  2. Grace Lees-Maffei (12 September 2013). Writing Design: Words and Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-84788-957-7. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. "Factsheet. Bonytt". Publicitas. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. Grace Lees-Maffei (12 September 2013). Writing Design: Words and Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-84788-957-7. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. "Consumer magazines: Top ten titles by circulation/issue 2006". Nordicom. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. "Major Magazine titles (1999)" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 3231. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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