Astoria Cinemas was a cinema chain that was started by people from
Triangelfilm,
Atlantic Film and
S/S Falden which in April 2005 bought
Sandrew Metronome
Sandrew Metronome is a Scandinavian film distribution company formed in the 1990s. It was one of the biggest distributor companies in the Nordic countries. Sandrew Metronome was established by the Swedish company Sandrews and the Danish Metronome. ...
's cinemas in Sweden. Sandrew's cinemas in Sweden has been for sale since August 2004 because their owner (
Schibsted
Schibsted Media Group is an international media group. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The CEO is Kristin Skogen Lund.
In 2019, Schibsted spun off the majority of their online marketplac ...
) was displeased with declining revenues. A bid from
SF Bio in December 2004 was stopped by the
Swedish Competition Authority The Swedish Competition Authority ( sv, Konkurrensverket, abbreviated KKV) is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Enterprise tasked to promote and safeguard competition in the private and public sector, to the benefit of al ...
.
See also
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Astoria, Stockholm
Astoria was a cinema in Stockholm, located on Nybrogatan, a street in the Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populou ...
References
Former cinemas
Cinemas in Sweden
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