Okej

Okej
CategoriesMusic magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderHans Hatwig
Founded1980
Final issueFall 2010
CountrySweden
Based inStockholm
LanguageSwedish

Okej was a monthly music magazine published in Sweden between 1980 and 2010. 1984 was the magazine's best-selling year, with a circulation of 156,000 copies, and it was read by an estimated half a million teenagers at the time, close to the entirety of its Swedish target demographic.[1][2]

History and profile

Okej was started in 1980.[3][4] Hans Hatwig was the founder of the magazine,[5] which was based in Stockholm.[4] Swedish youth was the target audience of this monthly magazine,[3][6] which featured articles on pop music.[7] In 1984 it was the best-selling magazine in Sweden.[3] The last issue of Okej appeared in Fall 2010.[5] On 21 January 2011, Kenneth Andrén, the CEO of Egmont essence, announced that the magazine would be shut down.

References

  1. ↑ "OKEJ – halvnaket, kändisar, syntare". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Älskad, hatad, OKEJ – hem och skolas största fasa". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Jörgen Holmstedt. "Boken om OKEJ: 80-talets största poptidning". Premium Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 30 November 2002. p. 630. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  5. 1 2 Ardalan Samimi. ""Okej har blivit en skvallertidning"". Dagens Media (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ↑ The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 4022. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
  7. ↑ "Anders Tengner". Rockshot. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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