Background
The company was started in 1804 by the German Gerhard Bonnier in Copenhagen, Denmark, when Bonnier published his first book, Underfulde og sandfærdige kriminalhistorier. Gerhard's sons later moved to Sweden. The Bonnier book publishing companies in Sweden that are part of book publishing house Bonnierförlagen now include Albert Bonniers förlag, Wahlström & Widstrand, Forum, and Bonnier Carlsen, as well as several other book publishers and imprints in Sweden. Bonnier Tidskrifter publishes magazines, including Veckans Affärer, Damernas Värld, Amelia, Sköna Hem, Teknikens Värld, Resume, nearly a dozen crossword magazines, and the tablet magazine C Mode, among many others. Other subsidiaries include Sweden's commercial TV network TV4 and C More Entertainment; movie theater chain SF Bio and film production companies Svensk Filmindustri and Sonet Film; daily newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Expressen, and Sydsvenskan; business daily Dagens Industri; and medical journal Dagens Medicin.
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