''Detektor'' is a Sweden-based

trade magazine A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular tradesman, trade or industry. The collective term ...

focusing on the

security Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or ...

industry. The magazine has two editions: Detektor Scandinavia, for Scandinavian countries and Detektor International, for the international audience.

History

In 1990 the security publisher AR Media International AB was founded and launched ''Detektor''. At that time ''Detektor'' was published exclusively in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

. In 1999, a Norwegian edition was established and one year later ''Detektor International'' was introduced with a target audience of the security market in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. Shortly after that Detektor Sweden and Detektor Norway were merged into a single trilingual magazine called ''Detektor Scandinavia'' which also includes the Danish market. By 2005 ''Detektor'' was the most well known and widely read printed security media in both

EMEA Europe, the Middle East and Africa, commonly known by its acronym EMEA among the North American business spheres, is a geographical region used by institutions, governments and global spheres of marketing, media and business when referring to t ...

(Europe, Middle East and Africa) and the

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; ) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe, as well as the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denm ...

according to a report by

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. Two years later Detektor's founder and

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Lennart Alexandrie was awarded the Hans Wermdalens säkerhetsstipendium, by the Swedish security trade association Swesec and the educational company Företagsuniversitetet, for the establishment of Detektor and the

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''SecurityWorldMarket.com'' (then called ''SecurityWorldHotel.com''). ''Detektors Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2008. Since then the prize has been handed out every year. Notable awardees include Thomas Breglund ex CEO of

Securitas In Roman mythology, Securitas was the goddess of security and stability, especially the security of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conqu ...

Carl-Henric Svanberg Carl-Henric Svanberg (born 29 May 1952) is a Swedish businessman and chairman of Volvo. He was chairman of BP for eight years, from 2010 to 2018. In December 2023, Svanberg was appointed commission chair to the AI Commission to the Swedish Gove ...

former chairman of BP and president at

Assa Abloy Assa Abloy AB is a Swedish Group whose offerings include products and services related to locks, doors, gates, and entrance automation. Related products and services include controlling access and confirming identities with keys, cards, tags, ...

, and Martin Gren, founder of

Axis Communications Axis Communications AB is a Swedish manufacturer of IP camera, network cameras, access control, and Voice over IP, network audio devices for the physical security and video surveillance industries. Since 2015, it operates as an independent subsid ...

. In 2013, ''Detektors founder and

Lennart Alexandrie received the Global Security Industry Alliance's

Gold Shield Award Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal, a group 11 ...

for journalism.

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