Private company

Polar Music International AB

Logo: Polar Music/Universal Music Group (design); Misterpither (own work), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Swedish record company

Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag.2 It is part of Universal Music Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1963Founded1
  • HeadquartersStockholm1
  • Legal formaktiebolag1

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Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag.2

Corporate structure

Polar Music International AB is part of a group headed by Universal Music Group. 187 entities, 32 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). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Stig Anderson in 1963.1

Leadership

Who has led Polar Music International AB, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Divisions

  • Polar
  • Septima Records

Former owners and parents

  • PolyGram 1989 to 1998

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1999Acquired Acquired by Universal Music Group1
  2. 1989Acquired Acquired by PolyGram1
  3. 1963Founded Founded1

Sources

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