Kingsize Magazine

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Kingsize Magazine
Editor-in-chiefMalkolm Landréus
Former editorsTobias Carlsson
CategoriesMusic, culture
FrequencyBi-monthly
FormatMagazine
Circulation15,000[1]
FounderHallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård
Founded2004
First issue2004; 22 years ago (2004)
CompanyHKM Media Group
CountrySweden
Based inStockholm
LanguageSwedish
Websitewww.kingsizemag.se
ISSN1652-8190
OCLC937176681
Kingsize
CategoriesMusic, culture
FrequencyBi-monthly (former quarterly)
Circulation5,000
FounderHallgeir Knutsen, Julian Alexander Kibsgård
Founded2001
First issueMarch 2001; 25 years ago (2001-03)[2]
Final issueAugust 2009; 16 years ago (2009-08)
CountryNorway
Based inOslo
LanguageNorwegian
Websitewww.kingsize.no
ISSN1502-7783
OCLC286456462

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]

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]

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