Elkjøp

Overview

• Industryretail¹
• HeadquartersNydalen¹
• Websitewww.elkjop.no
• Legal formaksjeselskap¹
• LEI2138006CAPFV48G81L03³
• StatusActive³
• LEI statusIssued and current³
• Registered addressNYDALSVEIEN 18A, 0484 Oslo, Norway³
• Registered withThe Brønnøysund Register Centre, 911 382 296³

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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.²

Corporate structure

Elkjøp is part of a group headed by Currys. 4 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

• consumer electronics

Listed on Wikidata.¹

From Wikipedia’s article on Elkjøp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Currys since 1999

Subsidiaries

• Elgiganten
• Gigantti

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

• 2026385¹

Timeline

1. 1999Acquired Acquired by Currys¹
2. Mar 16, 1962Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.elkjop.no¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/elkjop¹
• WikipediaElkjøp
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ1771628