Private company

Egmont Ehapa

Logo: Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

German publishing house

Egmont Ehapa (officially Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH since 2014; formerly Ehapa Verlag) is a German publishing company. It is a subsidiary of the Egmont Group. Ehapa is known as a multi-faceted publisher of various kinds of digital and print media, including magazines, comics, books, movies, and even television shows.2 It is part of Egmont International Holding.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1951Founded1

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Egmont Ehapa (officially Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH since 2014; formerly Ehapa Verlag) is a German publishing company. It is a subsidiary of the Egmont Group.2

Corporate structure

Egmont Ehapa is part of a group headed by Egmont Fonden. 53 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Egmont Fonden København K, Denmark
    • Avalanche Studios Group 100% · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Systemic Reaction 100% · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Expansive Worlds Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Fatalist Production 2 AB Subsidiary · 100% · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Fatalist Production 4 AB Subsidiary · 100% · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Fatalist Production 3 AB Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Egmont International Holding København K, Denmark
      • Story House Egmont 100% · København Ø, Denmark
        • Egmont Publishing Digital Subsidiary · Denmark
      • Egmont Ehapa Berlin
      • Egmont Holding Aktiebolag Malmö, Sweden
      • EGMONT HOLDING AS Oslo, Norway
      • Bagaren och Kocken Subsidiary · Göteborg, Sweden
      • Egmont Story House AB Subsidiary · Solna, Sweden
        • Ingager AB Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
      • Semic Press Subsidiary
      • EGMONT HOLDING LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · London, United Kingdom
      • EGMONT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS A/S Subsidiary · København Ø, Denmark
      • Egmont Holding Oy Subsidiary · Helsinki, Finland
        • OY Nordisk Interactive Ab Subsidiary · Helsinki, Finland
      • EGMONT PRINTING SERVICE A/S Subsidiary · København Ø, Denmark
    • Lindhardt & Ringhof København K, Denmark
      • Vintens Forlag Subsidiary
      • PRAXIS FORLAG A/S Subsidiary · 51% · København K, Denmark
    • Star Stable Entertainment Stockholm, Sweden
    • TV 2 Group Bergen, Norway
      • TV 2 Sporten Subsidiary
      • VIMOND MEDIA SOLUTIONS AS Subsidiary · Bergen, Norway
    • Nordisk Film Subsidiary · Valby, Denmark
      • Nordisk Film Biografer 100% · Valby, Denmark
        • Fotorama Viborg Subsidiary · Viborg Municipality, Denmark
      • Fantefilm Subsidiary · Oslo Municipality, Norway
      • Maipo Film Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
      • Nordisk Film Kino Subsidiary · Oslo
      • Supermassive Games Subsidiary · Eastleigh, United Kingdom
      • Zentropa Subsidiary · Hvidovre Municipality
      • NORDISK FILM DISTRIBUTION A/S Subsidiary · Valby, Denmark
      • NORDISK FILM PRODUCTION A/S Subsidiary · Valby, Denmark
      • Nordisk Interactive A/S Subsidiary · Valby, Denmark
    • EJENDOMSSELSKABET GOTHERSGADE 55 APS Subsidiary · 100% · København K, Denmark
    • EJENDOMSSELSKABET VOGNMAGERGADE 11 APS Subsidiary · 100% · København K, Denmark
    • NORDISK FILM DISTRIBUSJON AS Subsidiary · 100% · Oslo, Norway
    • NORDISK FILM DISTRIBUTION AB Subsidiary · 100% · Stockholm, Sweden
    • NORDISK FILM PRODUCTION AS Subsidiary · 100% · Oslo, Norway
    • WOLFTECH BROADCAST SOLUTIONS AS Subsidiary · 91% · Bergen, Norway
    • Egmont Ehapa Media GmbH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    • FARSHORE BOOKS LTD Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • Nordic XR Startups Oy Subsidiary · 0% · Helsinki, Finland
    • Nordisk Film Norway Subsidiary · Norway
    • STORY HOUSE EGMONT LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • STORY HOUSE EGMONT SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA (STORY HOUSE EGMONT SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ) Subsidiary · Warszawa, Poland
    • TV 2 AS Subsidiary · Bergen, Norway

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Egmont Ehapa was created in 1951, as a subsidiary of Egmont (then known as Gutenberghus). The name "Ehapa" was taken from the initials of its founder: Egmont Harald Petersen.

Some of the more popular German-language comics published by Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH include: Asterix, Lucky Luke, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Wendy and SpongeBob SquarePants.

In September 2001, Egmont Interactive made a surprise announcement that it would discontinue its business activities as of September 30, 2001. The games distributed by Egmont Interactive and the joint label Shoebox were continued by dtp entertainment. The closure of Egmont Interactive was justified by worldwide restructuring at Egmont Ehapa Verlag. Only one of five employees was kept on within the publishing company, the other four employees were laid off.

Several of the publisher's publications have been awarded the Max and Moritz Prize.

From Wikipedia’s article on Egmont Ehapa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1951Founded Founded1

Sources

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