SF Studios is a Swedish film and television production and distribution company (both

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and international) with headquarters in

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and local offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The studio is owned by Nordic media conglomerate, the Bonnier Group. The largest film studio in Sweden, it was established on 27 December 1919 as

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et Svensk Filmindustri (AB Svensk Filmindustri) or Svensk Filmindustri (SF), and adopted its current name in 2016.

Overview

SF Studios was founded in 1919 through a merger between AB Svenska Biografteatern and Skandia Filmbyrå AB. From 1942 to 1961

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was the company's President. In 1946 the melodrama ''

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'' was released, earning the studio's largest profit of the sound era. SF produced most of the films made by

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, as well as a long list of films by other filmmakers such as Mauritz Stiller,

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, Bo Widerberg,

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and Bille August. The majority of film adaptations of the works by

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have been produced by SF. More recently, SF Studios has produced the Academy Award-nominated film

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. The studio produces film and tv-series and has production divisions in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and since 2017 in the United Kingdom. In 2020, SF Studios released its first international film production Horizon Line. SF also distributes foreign films in the

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and has deals with Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

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and

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in the United States and StudioCanal in France. SF was owned by from 1970 until 1973, when it was sold to the newspaper firm Dagens Nyheter. Since 1983 SF has been owned by the Bonnier Group. In 1998, SF was divided into two separate companies, the production and distribution company AB Svensk Filmindustri and the cinema chain SF Bio (later

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) In 2020, SF had linked a distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to handle titles across the Nordic and Baltic regions.

References

Bibliography

* Gunnar Iverson, Astrid Soderbergh Widding & Tytti Soila. ''Nordic National Cinemas''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

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SF Bio.se

SF International Sales
{{DEFAULTSORT:SF Studios Bonnier Group Cinemas and movie theaters chains Film distributors Film production companies of Sweden Swedish film studios Mass media companies established in 1919 Swedish companies established in 1919 Companies based in Stockholm 1983 mergers and acquisitions

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