Åhlén & Åkerlund
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Åhlén & Åkerlund

4 games 321 3D models Published 4 games

Åhlén & Åkerlund, or Åetå was founded in 1906 as Julstämmnings Förlag before changing name in 1915 and subsequently (1929) being bought-up by major publishing house of Bonniers. Today the name is Bonnier Magazines & Brands, having been called Bonnier Tidskrifter before. For some reason the Bonnier Group was awarded licensing rights for the Monopoly game (Monopol in Swedish) and choose subsidiary Åhlén & Åkerlund to…

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publish it in Swedish in 1937. Only a year later Bonniers decided to move Monopoly to Alga, another Bonnier subsidiary. This move was probably the push that would eventually lead Alga to become a proper games publishing house. A few other games were published by this company, occasionally under the slogan "Ett Åetå-spel" ("An Å et Å-game").

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Published 4 games

Lexicon box cover Lexicon · 1932
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Monopoly box cover Monopoly · 1935
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Autobridge 1938 0
Quick Wit 1938 0