Elgiganten is a consumer electronics retailer operating in

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) and Sweden, where its parent

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. Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962. I ...

operates in

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and have subsidiaries like Gigantti (

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), Elko (

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) and

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). There are

Elgiganten A/S Elgiganten is a consumer electronics retailer operating in Denmark (including Greenland) and Sweden, where its parent Elkjøp operates in Norway and have subsidiaries like Gigantti (Finland), Elko (Iceland) and Elding (Faroe Islands). There a ...

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Elgiganten AB Elgiganten is a consumer electronics retailer operating in Denmark (including Greenland) and Sweden, where its parent Elkjøp operates in Norway and have subsidiaries like Gigantti (Finland), Elko (Iceland) and Elding (Faroe Islands). There a ...

( Sweden) both directly operated under Elkjøp Nordic AS. Currently, Peder Stedal is Managing Director of

and Niclas Eriksson is Managing Director of

. In 2009, English actor John Cleese participated in adverts running on

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and

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television to promote the company.

References

External links

Swedish site

Danish site

Norwegian site

Finnish site
Consumer electronics retailers Currys plc Retail companies established in 1993 Retail companies of Denmark Retail companies of Finland Retail companies of Norway Retail companies of Sweden {{Sweden-company-stub