Elkjøp
Norwegian consumer Currys plc
title: "Elkjøp" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-based-in-lørenskog", "companies-formerly-listed-on-the-oslo-stock-exchange", "consumer-electronics-retailers", "currys-plc", "norwegian-brands", "norwegian-companies-established-in-1962", "retail-companies-established-in-1962", "retail-companies-of-norway", "wholesalers-of-norway"] description: "Norwegian consumer Currys plc" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkjøp" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Norwegian consumer Currys plc ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Elkjøp |
| logo | Elkjop logo blue.png |
| foundation | March 1962 |
| location | Nydalen, Norway |
| parent | Currys plc |
| key_people | Fredrik Tønnesen |
| (CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS) | |
| industry | Retail |
| products | Consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods |
| revenue | 47.15 BNOK (2023–2024) |
| num_employees | 24,000 |
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| name = Elkjøp | logo = Elkjop logo blue.png | slogan = | foundation = March 1962 | location = Nydalen, Norway | parent = Currys plc | key_people = Fredrik Tønnesen (CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS) | industry = Retail | products = Consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods | revenue = 47.15 BNOK (2023–2024) | num_employees = 24,000 | homepage = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Elkjøp_Kristiansand.jpg" caption="Elkjøp Megastore, [[Kristiansand]] (July 2009)"] ::
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 24,000 employees. Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962. It was purchased in November 1999 by Currys plc. Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/nov/30/13|title= Dixons tackles Europe|publisher=www.theguardian.com|date=30 November 1999|accessdate=1 January 2020}}
The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El purchase, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”). The company operated as an independent company with its own management and leadership. It merged with Elkjøp on 15 January 2018.
Operations
Elkjøp currently trades under several different brands: ::data[format=table]
| Country | Local name | Number of stores |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Elgiganten | 48 |
| Faroe Islands | Elding | 2 |
| Finland | Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse | 38 |
| Greenland | Elgiganten | 2 |
| Iceland | Elko | 5 |
| Norway | Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse | 140 |
| Sweden | Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House | 172 |
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References
References
- "Employees and stores count (in Norwegian)".
- Ottesen, Gregers. (19 March 2012). "Billigkjedens gründer". [[Dagens Næringsliv]].
- (29 November 1999). "Dixons Group PLC (DXNS)".
- (8 January 2018). "Elkjøp og Lefdal blir én kjede".
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