Elkjøp

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Elkjøp
IndustryRetail
Founded16 March 1962
HeadquartersNydalen, Norway
Key people

(CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS)
Productsconsumer electronics
white goods
brown goods
Revenue£2.3 billion (2013–2014)
Number of employees
10,500
ParentDixons Carphone
Websitewww.elkjop.no
Elkjøp Megastore, Kristiansand. (July 2009)
Elkjøp branch in Denmark under a different name. (June 2013)

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 10,000 employees.[1] Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962.[2] It was purchased in November 1999 by Dixons Carphone.[3] Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[4]

The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El buy, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”).

Operations[]

Elkjøp trades under several different brands:

Country Local Name Number of Stores
 Denmark Elgiganten 38
 Faroe Islands Elding 2
 Finland Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse 41
 Greenland Elgiganten 2
 Iceland Elko 5
 Norway Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse 144
 Sweden Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House 165

References[]

  1. ^ "Employees and stores count (in Norwegian)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
  2. ^ Ottesen, Gregers (19 March 2012). "Billigkjedens gründer". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Dixons Group PLC (DXNS)". investegate.co.uk. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Dixons tackles Europe". www.theguardian.com. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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