Forlagið
Icelandic publishing house / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forlagið (meaning "The Publishing House") is the largest publishing house in Iceland.[1][2] It publishes around 150 titles a year[3] under five different imprints: JPV, Mál og menning, Vaka-Helgafell [is], Iðunn [is], and Ókeibækur.[4] It is also publishes maps.[1]
The company was created in 2007 when Mál og menning bought the publishing arm of Edda [is] and merged with JPV.[1] In 2008 it merged with Vegamót.[5] Mál og menning is a controlling shareholder of Forlagið.[1] At the time of its creation, it was ten times larger than the second largest Icelandic publishing house.[6] In 2017, it had a 50% share of the general publishing market in Iceland,[7] and was four times larger than the second largest, Bjartur-Veröld.[7]
Annual net profits are around 50 million ISK (410,000 USD in 2016).[1]
In 2020, the Swedish audiobook service Storytel bought 70% of the company.[8]