Amelia Adamo

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Amelia Adamo (born 24 February 1947) is a Swedish journalist. She established several women's magazines and worked as an editor-in-chief. [1]

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Biography

She was born in Rome, Italy, and went to Sweden soon after her birth. [2] She received a degree in social sciences. [2] She has worked on magazines such as Svensk Damtidning , Husmodern and VeckoRevyn . She was the editor-in-chief of the latter. [2] Adamo started the magazines Amelia [3] (1995), Tara (2000) and M-magasin (2006). [4]

Adamo has married third times. She first married Lars Ericsson who was the summer editor-in-chief at Svensk Damtidning. [2] They had two sons, and Ericsson died of cancer. [2] Her second husband was Thorbjörn Larsson, former chief editor of Aftonbladet . [5] Her third husband is an Italian. [2]

Adamo is the grand prize recipient of the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association in 2011. [6]

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References

  1. Föreläsare Amelia Adamo M-Magasin. Holmbergstalare, 22 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Amelia Adamo: Queen of the Swedish Magazine Scene". The Swedish Bulletin. p. 42. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. "Sweden: Bonnier folds "Queen" magazine and launches "S"". Mags 360°. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. Resumé: "Jag håller på två år till" Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Resumé
  5. Karl Erik Gustafsson (2008). "End-game Strategies in the Swedish National Tabloid Industry". Nordicom Review (29): 329. doi: 10.1515/nor-2017-0194 .
  6. "Alla vinnare". Sveriges Tidskrifter (in Swedish). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2023.