Svensk Golf

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Svensk Golf
Former editors Göran Zachrisson
CategoriesGolf magazine
FrequencyTen times yearly
PublisherEgmont Publishing
Founded1946;77 years ago (1946)
Company Egmont Group
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Website Svensk Golf

Svensk Golf is a Swedish language golf magazine that has published since 1946. It is one of the most read magazines in Sweden.

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History and profile

Svensk Golf was launched in 1946. [1] [2] The Swedish Golf Association acquired the magazine in 1964. [1] The Association sold the magazine to Egmont Group in 2015, and the publisher has been Egmont Publishing. [1] From 1965 to 1 June 2020 it was sent out to all members of Swedish Golf Association. [1] Then the magazine became a paid magazine. [1]

Svensk Golf is published ten times a year and covers the equipment tests, international golf destinations and the reports from Swedish golf courses. [3] [4] It also features interviews with leading golfers. [3]

At the beginning of the 1960s the editor-in-chief of Svensk Golf was Göran Zachrisson. [5] As of 2021 Oskar Åsgård is the editor-in-chief of the magazine.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Info om nya Svensk Golf" (in Swedish). Boa gk. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. "Svensk Golf" (in Swedish). Story House Egmont. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Svensk Golf" (in Swedish). Dintidning. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. David Josefsson (2018). Development of an Electric Golf Club Cleaner (MA thesis). Lund University.
  5. "Sweden's 'Voice of Golf', Göran Zachrisson, Wins Special Recognition Award". CPG. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.