Nordisk Film

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Nordisk Films promotional poster
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Nordisk Film 1906 logo
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Main gate of Nordisk Film in 2008

Nordisk Film A/S<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Template:Literal translation) is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and advertising.

The film studio was established in 1906 in Valby, Copenhagen, by filmmaker Ole Olsen.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind Gaumont, Pathé, and Titanus, and the oldest studio to be continuously active.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The logo consists of a polar bear standing on the globe, and currently distributes films from various companies including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment among others.

History

Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory," but soon changed it to the Nordisk Films Kompagnie.<ref name=DFI>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1908, Olsen opened an affiliate branch in New York, the Great Northern Film Company, to handle the distribution of his films to the American market. In 1909, having been excluded from the MPPC cartel in the United States, which Olsen had hoped to join, Nordisk participated in the Paris Film Congress in a failed attempt by major European producers to form a similar monopoly.<ref>Thorsen, Isak. Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906–1924, The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear. Indiana University Press, 2017. pp. 71–73.</ref> It became a publicly traded company in 1911 as Nordisk Film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the 1910s, the company created popular silent films with movie stars such as Valdemar Psilander and Clara Pontoppidan.<ref name=DFI/>

When Germany invaded Denmark during World War II, the company was locked out of the nationalized German film industry and lost large amounts of revenue.<ref name=DFI/>

In 1992, it merged with the Egmont media group, operating as electronic media production and distribution group. The total revenues in 2018 amounted to approximately €559 million.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nordisk Film is one of the oldest movie production company still in operation in the world. Nordisk Film is the largest producer and distributor of electronic entertainment in the Nordic region.

Operations

The company produces and co-produces national and international feature films in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which are distributed to cinemas around the Nordic countries, including Nordisk Film Cinemas in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.<ref name="Cinemas">Template:Cite web</ref> The films are also distributed internationally for viewing in cinemas, on video and on television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Furthermore, Nordisk Film produces games through a number of game studios invested in by Nordisk Film Games, distributes PlayStation in the Nordic and Baltic countries and develops global digital gifting solutions through GoGift.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Through the Nordisk Film Foundation, Nordisk Film develops danish acting talents with travel scholarships of DKK 10,000 (Lille Isbjørn) or DKK 25,000 (Store Isbjørn).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2024, the Nordisk Film Foundation stated an annual budget of DKK 7 million for the development of the Danish film industry though scholarships, project grants and awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Business areas

Nordisk Film Production

Nordisk Film Production focuses primarily on the Scandinavian market but produces feature films, animation films, short films, TV series, and TV documentaries for both the Scandinavian and international market. They have a hand in roughly 15 productions per year, spanning a range of formats and genres. Nordisk Film Production <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In October 2009, Nordisk sold its TV production unit to the Banijay Group.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nordisk Film Distribution

Nordisk Film Distribution handles and distributes the rights to its own productions, a number of local films as well as independent productions. Nordisk Film also partners with international film studios for distribution in Scandinavia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nordisk Film Interactive

Nordisk Film Interactive has exclusive distribution rights to Sony PlayStation products in the Nordic countries, and is thereby responsible for a substantial business area in Nordisk Film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nordisk Film Cinemas

Nordisk Film Cinemas is a cinema chain in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, screening for approximately ten million cinema guests per year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company also offers two online platforms - kino.dk and filmweb.no (only available in Danish) - where the customer can watch, review and discuss current films.

Nordisk Games

Nordisk Games is an investor in and owner of several European game studios including, as of 2025, Avalanche Studios Group, Supermassive Games, MercurySteam, and Star Stable Entertainment. Former game investments included Nitro Games, Kogama, Flashbulb Games, Raw Fury and Reto-Moto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In May 2018, it was announced that Nordisk Games had acquired all of Avalanche Studios.<ref name="NDF">Template:Cite web</ref>

In November 2021, it acquired the majority stake in the company of Star Stable Online.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In July 2022, Nordisk Games acquired all of Supermassive Games<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In April 2023, the Founder of Nordisk Games, Mikkel Weider, exits as CEO.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Selected feature films

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TV series

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