''Kingsize Magazine'' (sometimes written as ''KingSize'') is a magazine focusing on

hip-hop music Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide r ...

and

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

. It was founded in Norway in 2001 by Hallgeir Knutsen and Julian Alexander Kibsgård and was the first Norwegian-language hip-hop magazine. ''Kingsize'' expanded to Sweden in 2004, with separate Norwegian and Swedish issues published bi-monthly. The Norwegian edition originally had a circulation of 5,000 copies and was published quarterly, with a target audience of boys aged 15–25. The Norwegian ''Kingsize'' ceased publication in 2009 due to declining advertising revenue. The Swedish edition of ''Kingsize'' has been issued since 2004 but ceased physical publications in 2012 to focus on their website and

online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to an online only magazine was the comput ...

. The magazine returned in its physical edition in 2018 after being purchased by Nöjesguiden Media, the company behind ''

Nöjesguiden ''Nöjesguiden'' (Swedish language, Swedish for "the entertainment guide") is a Nordic free-of-charge young adult monthly magazine, available in the major cities in Sweden, which was established in 1982. It is also published in a similar format ...

''. As of 2018, ''Kingsize Magazine'' is distributed free-of-charge mainly in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

and

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, and is funded by advertisers. In the 2010s, the magazine hosted the Kingsizegala, an annual

music award A music award is an award or prize given to honour skill or distinction in music. There are different awards in different countries, and awards may focus on or exclude certain music; for example, some awards are only for classical music and not f ...

s ceremony celebrating Swedish hip-hop. ''Kingsize Magazine'' is the largest hip-hop magazine in the

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

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Online issues of Swedish ''Kingsize'' (since 2018)
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