Elkjøp

Elkjøp, better known as Elgiganten outside Norway, is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic Countries with four hundred stores in six countries and 24,000 employees.^[1] Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962.^[2] It was purchased in November 1999 by Currys plc.^[3] Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.^[4]

Elkjøp

Industry	Retail
Founded	March 1962
Headquarters	Nydalen, Norway
Key people	Fredrik Tønnesen (CEO: Elkjøp Nordic AS)
Products	Consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods
Revenue	47.15 BNOK (2023–2024)
Number of employees	24,000
Parent	Currys plc
Website	www.elkjop.no

Gigantti in Kokkola, Finland (July 2019)

Elkjøp Megastore, Kristiansand (July 2009)

Elkøjp har medisin luft Denmark under a different name (June 2013)

The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El purchase, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk (“electric”) or elektronisk (“electronic”). The company operated as an independent company with its own management and leadership. It merged with Elkjøp on 15 January 2018.^[5]

Operations

Elkjøp currently trades under several different brands:

Country	Local name	Number of stores
Denmark	Elgiganten	48
Faroe Islands	Elding	2
Finland	Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse	38
Greenland	Elgiganten	2
Iceland	Elko	5
Norway	Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse	140
Sweden	Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House	172