Kingsize Magazine

{{Infobox magazine | title = Kingsize Magazine | logo = | logo_size =  | image_file = Kingsize Magazine (Book Cover).png | image_size =  | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Malkolm Landréus | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | previous_editor = Tobias Carlsson | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Music, culture | frequency = Bi-monthly | format = Magazine | circulation = 15,000<ref name="HKM" /> | founder = Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård | founded = 2004 | firstdate = {{Start date and age|2004}} | company = HKM Media Group | country = Sweden | based = Stockholm | language = Swedish | website = {{URL|https://www.kingsizemag.se/}} | issn = 1652-8190 | eissn = | oclc = 937176681 }} {{Infobox magazine | title = Kingsize | logo = | logo_size =  | image_file =  | image_size =  | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Music, culture | frequency = Bi-monthly (former quarterly) | format = | circulation = 5,000 | founder = Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård | founded = 2001 | firstdate = {{Start date and age|2001|03}}<ref name="nettavisen" /> | finaldate = {{End date and age|2009|08}} | finalnumber = | company = | country = Norway | based = Oslo | language = Norwegian | website = {{URL|https://www.kingsize.no/}} | issn = 1502-7783 | eissn = | oclc = 286456462 }} '''''Kingsize Magazine''''' (sometimes written as '''''KingSize''''') is a Scandinavian magazine focusing on hip-hop music and culture. It was founded in Norway in 2001 by Hallgeir Knutsen and Julian Alexander Kibsgård and was the first Norwegian-language hip-hop magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/i/PnPAX/hip-hop-for-folket|title=Hip hop for folket|date=4 April 2001|lang=no|first=Frederic|last=Moger|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> ''Kingsize'' expanded to Sweden in 2004, with separate Norwegian and Swedish issues published bi-monthly.<ref name="legger">{{Cite web|url=https://e24.no/teknologi/i/e1ng5O/hip-hop-magasinet-kingsize-legger-ned|title=Hip hop-magasinet Kingsize legger ned|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|work=E24 Næringsliv|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> The Norwegian edition originally had a circulation of 5,000 copies and was published quarterly, with a target audience of boys aged 15–25.<ref name="nettavisen">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/norsk-hiphop-magasin-til-sverige/s/12-95-2013512|title=Norsk hiphop-magasin til Sverige|date=22 August 2003|lang=no|work=Nettavisen|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> The Norwegian ''Kingsize'' ceased publication in 2009 due to declining advertising revenue.<ref name="legger" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/j6Bq9/slutt-for-hip-hop-magasin|title=Slutt for hip hop-magasin|date=19 August 2009|lang=no|first=Trine|last=Saugestad Hatlen|work=Verdens Gang|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>

The Swedish edition of ''Kingsize'' has been issued since 2004 but ceased physical publications in 2012 to focus on their website and online magazine.<ref name="svt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/20120306125658_kingsize_magazine_stoppar_pressarna|title=Kingsize Magazine stoppar pressarna|date=6 March 2012|lang=sv|publisher=Sveriges Television|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="HKM" /> The magazine returned in its physical edition in 2018 after being purchased by Nöjesguiden Media, the company behind ''Nöjesguiden''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/papperstidningen-kingsize-atervander.156d4d61-9fe6-4435-9c53-f4dfd05d4e29|title=Papperstidningen Kingsize återvänder|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|author=TT News Agency|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ng.se/artiklar/nojesguiden-koper-kingsize-magazine|title=Nöjesguiden köper Kingsize Magazine|date=9 January 2018|lang=sv|first=Frasse|last=Levinsson|work=Nöjesguiden|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> As of 2018, ''Kingsize Magazine'' is distributed free-of-charge mainly in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, and is funded by advertisers.<ref name="HKM">{{Cite web|url=https://hkm.se/kingsize-magazine%EF%BF%BC/|title=Kingsize Magazine|lang=sv|publisher=HKM Media Group|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> In August 2025, ''Kingsize'' announced it had once again ceased physical publications, with the last magazine issued in May of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingsizemag.se/noje/kingsize-magazine-upphor-som-fysisk-tidning/|title=Kingsize Magazine upphör som fysisk tidning|date=25 August 2025|lang=sv|work=Kingsize Magazine|access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref> In the 2010s, the magazine hosted the Kingsizegalan, an annual music awards ceremony celebrating Swedish hip-hop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/parham-kan-bli-storvinnare-pa-kingsizegalan.f51986d5-05c1-4c16-9e94-356a96c67c7b|title=Parham kan bli storvinnare på Kingsizegalan|date=29 December 2014|lang=sv|first=Tobias|last=Holmgren|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref> ''Kingsize Magazine'' is the largest hip-hop magazine in the Nordic region.<ref name="svt" />

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.kingsizemag.se/}} * [https://www.e-magin.se/latestpaper/1xk2hpmd/paper#/title/1xk2hpmd Online issues of Swedish ''Kingsize'' (since 2018)] {{Authority control}} Category:2001 establishments in Norway Category:2004 establishments in Sweden Category:2009 disestablishments in Norway Category:Bi-monthly magazines published in Sweden Category:Defunct lifestyle magazines Category:Defunct magazines published in Norway Category:Defunct music magazines Category:Defunct Norwegian-language magazines Category:Free magazines Category:Hip-hop magazines Category:Lifestyle magazines Category:Magazines established in 2001 Category:Magazines established in 2004 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2009 Category:Magazines published in Stockholm Category:Music magazines published in Sweden Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions Category:Online magazines published in Sweden Category:Online music magazines Category:Swedish-language magazines