Elkjøp
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 10,000 employees.[1] Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland, on 16 March 1962.[2] It was purchased in November 1999, by Dixons Carphone.[3] Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[4]
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Industry | Retail |
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Founded | 16 March 1962 |
Headquarters | Nydalen, Norway |
Key people | Erik Gunset Sønsterud (CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS) |
Products | consumer electronics white goods brown goods |
Revenue | £2.3 billion (2013–2014) |
Number of employees | 10,500 |
Parent | Dixons Carphone |
Website | www |

Elkjøp Megastore, Kristiansand. (July 2009)

Elkjøp branch in Denmark under a different name. (June 2013)
The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El buy, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”).
Operations
Elkjøp trades under several different brands:
Country | Local Name | Number of Stores |
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![]() | Elgiganten | 38 |
![]() | Elding | 2 |
![]() | Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse | 41 |
![]() | Elgiganten | 2 |
![]() | Elko | 5 |
![]() | Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse | 144 |
![]() | Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House | 165 |
References
- "Employees and stores count (in Norwegian)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
- Ottesen, Gregers (19 March 2012). "Billigkjedens gründer". Dagens Næringsliv. p. 18.
- "Dixons Group PLC (DXNS)". investegate.co.uk. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- "Dixons tackles Europe". www.theguardian.com. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
External links
- Norwegian site
- Finnish site
- Swedish site
- Danish site
- Icelandic site
- Faroese site
- Dixons Group plc financial highlights for 2003-2004
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