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Nordiska Kompaniet
Swedish department store / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nordiska Kompaniet (colloquially NK, and literally The Nordic Company) is the name of two luxury department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail |
Genre | Department Store |
Founded | 1902 (Stockholm) 1964 (Gothenburg) |
Founder | Josef Sachs, Karl Ludvig Lundberg |
Headquarters | Hamngatan Stockholm, Sweden and Östra Hamngatan Gothenburg, Sweden |
Products | Quality and luxury goods |
Owner | Hufvudstaden AB |
Website | NK.se |
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The store in Stockholm receives some twelve million visitors annually, with the figure for the store in Gothenburg being about three million and the total number of staff around 1,200. The trademark and the real estate properties in Gothenburg and Stockholm are owned by Hufvudstaden AB, controlled by L E Lundbergföretagen publ (see Fredrik Lundberg).
Nordiska Kompaniet was a founder and remained member of the International Association of department stores from 1928 to 1991.