Kingsize Magazine
Swedish hip-hop magazine
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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.[3] Kingsize expanded to Sweden in 2004, with separate Norwegian and Swedish issues published bi-monthly.[4] The Norwegian edition originally had a circulation of 5,000 copies and was published quarterly, with a target audience of boys aged 15–25.[2] The Norwegian Kingsize ceased publication in 2009 due to declining advertising revenue.[4][5]
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| Editor-in-chief | Malkolm Landréus |
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| Former editors | Tobias Carlsson |
| Categories | Music, culture |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Format | Magazine |
| Circulation | 15,000[1] |
| Founder | Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård |
| Founded | 2004 |
| First issue | 2004 |
| Company | HKM Media Group |
| Country | Sweden |
| Based in | Stockholm |
| Language | Swedish |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1652-8190 |
| OCLC | 937176681 |
| Categories | Music, culture |
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| Frequency | Bi-monthly (former quarterly) |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
| Founder | Hallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård |
| Founded | 2001 |
| First issue | March 2001[2] |
| Final issue | August 2009 |
| Country | Norway |
| Based in | Oslo |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1502-7783 |
| OCLC | 286456462 |
The Swedish edition of Kingsize has been issued since 2004 but ceased physical publications in 2012 to focus on their website and online magazine.[6][1] The magazine returned in its physical edition in 2018 after being purchased by Nöjesguiden Media, the company behind Nöjesguiden.[7][8] As of 2018, Kingsize Magazine is distributed free-of-charge mainly in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, and is funded by advertisers.[1] In August 2025, Kingsize announced it had once again ceased physical publications, with the last magazine issued in May of that year.[9] In the 2010s, the magazine hosted the Kingsizegalan, an annual music awards ceremony celebrating Swedish hip-hop.[10] Kingsize Magazine is the largest hip-hop magazine in the Nordic region.[6]