Media & Entertainment Industry Landscape of Sweden
1,122 Media & Entertainment companies in Sweden, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based and what the news is about. Updated September 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in Sweden
Shows the top 1,122 Swedish media & entertainment firms, highlighting the 45 currently hiring and the 96 that have disclosed recent funding, with examples of hiring leaders and best‑funded companies.
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Vogue Scandinavia4last posted Feb 2026
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Aristocrat Lotteries3last posted Aug 2026
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SF Studios2last posted May 2026
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Amuse2last posted Jun 2026
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Epidemic Sound2last posted Oct 2025
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Skanska Dagbladet2last posted Jun 2026
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VIP Monkey2last posted Dec 2025
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Car.Info2last posted Jun 2026
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Spotify$2.1BPost IPO · Feb 2023
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Aonic$159.6MPost IPO · Dec 2024
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Storytel$96.8MPost IPO · Mar 2021
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Acast$92MSeries C · Jul 2020
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FishBrain$65.8MSeries D · Aug 2023
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Soundtrack Your Brand$55MSeries C · Jun 2023
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Readly$46.8MSeries B · Jun 2019
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Viaplay Group$158.3Msnapshot Dec 2022
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Really Interactive$439kFY2021 filing
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Trivox$115kFY2020 filing
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Betsson Group2,119tracked employees
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Modern Times Group1,117tracked employees
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aftonbladet350tracked employees
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Kulturhuset Stadsteatern265tracked employees
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goodbye kansas203tracked employees
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BookBeat200tracked employees
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Rapidus16.7%40 tracked events
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Svenska Spel12.9%31 tracked events
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Net Insight9.2%22 tracked events
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Viaplay7.5%18 tracked events
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Delishtop 10kdelish.com
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Pixlrtop 10kpixlr.com
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ATGtop 10katg.se
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Mi.tvtop 10kmi.tv
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Hockeysverige.setop 50khockeysverige.se
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NetEnt25articles in the window
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See all 1,122 Media & Entertainment companies in Sweden
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in Sweden grew, 2016–2025
Displays the number of companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, noting the highest count of 67 in 2020 and the low of 4 in 2025.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in Sweden are based
Lists the cities where Swedish media & entertainment firms are located, with Stockholm hosting 455 companies followed by Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala, and Linköping.
The Media & Entertainment market map of Sweden: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, showing consumer digital as the largest segment (481 firms) and advertising and subscription as the most common revenue streams.
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital481 companies · $857.5M raised · 17 hiring
- Enterprise Tech189 companies · $812.7M raised · 8 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce107 companies · $43.7M raised · 4 hiring
- Enterprise Software84 companies · $210.1M raised · 4 hiring
- SaaS49 companies · $565.4M raised · 2 hiring
- Marketplaces42 companies · $523.1M raised · 3 hiring
- Loneliness Economy37 companies · $70.6M raised · 1 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers28 companies · $1.7M raised · 2 hiring
- Real Money Gaming28 companies · $10.8M raised
- Media & Entertainment SaaS25 companies · $80M raised · 1 hiring
- Music Creation IT24 companies · $17.3M raised
- Internet First Sports Media21 companies
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in Sweden
Counts 170 corporate events over the past two years, including earnings releases, key‑person announcements, mergers and acquisitions, and funding rounds.
- FundingThe Japanese government has decided to provide an additional 631.5 billion yen (approximately 5.9 trillion Korean won) in subsidies to Rapidus, a foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company it is fostering to reclaim the 'lost 30 years' of its domestic semiconductor industry.2026-04-16
- M&AElectrical services and system supplier Austevoll Elektro, which Seam acquired in 2024, will be merged with Seam as part of the transaction.2026-04-13
- M&ABoutique gear brand Elektron has been acquired by Bonnier Capital, a Swedish investment division of the “family‑owned media group,” Bonnier Group, according to a press statement issued by Elektron.2026-04-08
- M&APress aggregation platform Cafeyn Group is acquiring Readly’s non-Nordic operations, marking a significant step forward in its European expansion.2026-04-02
- M&ASerafin sees the value in having them as assets.2026-03-19
- M&AUK firm Ambie and Belgian company Tunify will now be part of Soundtrack, with CEO Ola Sars (pictured) telling Bloomberg that they will help his company grow to up to 140,000 subscribers by the end of this year.2026-02-04
- M&APlaydigious was acquired by Fragbite in 2021.2025-10-08
- M&ASwedish SaaS company Flowbox has acquired Danish Dreaminfluence, pushing Flowbox past 1,000 customers in Europe and bringing its annual recurring revenue (ARR) close to €9 million.2025-09-04
- M&AViaplay announced that it, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to acquire Telenor Communication II AS’s 50 percent stake in Allente Group.2025-07-17
- M&ATelenor Group has signed an agreement to sell its 50 per cent stake in Allente to Viaplay for a total consideration of SEK 1.1 billion (€0.09bn).2025-07-17
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in Sweden was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-13 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-08 | ||
| Cafeyn Group | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-03 | |
| Serafin Group | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-19 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-04 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-04 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as leadership changes and new customer contracts within the sector.
nxteditionwon Collective NewsroomApr 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +6.5%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in Sweden
Profiles 389 founders and CEOs across 279 firms, noting frequent alma maters like KTH and Lund University and prior employers such as Apple and Microsoft.
Co-Founder Neko Health, Prima Materia, Helsing.
Founder & CEO Acast, ex-Founder Trace Erase, Goodmorning Sunshine, The Second Layer. JMK, Stockholm University
Ex-Co-Founder Beats by Dr Dre, Let's Mix, Pacemaker, The ODF Project · Lund University
Zwapgrid, ex-Foreseeti, ex-Connected Tv Marketing Association, Lund University, 1998
Co-Founder Triple Global, Ex-Nyheter24, Founder Bilddagboken. Linkoping University 2007
Co-Founder Solur, Bright Sunday, Sniph, ex-Innovative Media, Digiscope. University of Gothenburg 1995
Binary Brains, ex-Spotify, ex-Soundtrap, Örebro university, 1998
Co-Founder Flowbox, Smart Media Agency, ex-Co-Founder EBS. Regent's University London 2002
Fidesmo, ex-Keyflow, ex-Starz Play, Berghs School of Communication, 2008
- flagged as repeat founders4
- no repeat-founder flag290
- women64
- men305
Look up the people behind Media & Entertainment companies in Sweden
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds Media & Entertainment in Sweden
Summarizes 175 funding rounds since 2016 from 198 investors, with a typical round size of about $1 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 40 | — | Jan 2024 |
| Almi Invest | 12 | 8 | Jun 2023 |
| Sting | 6 | 6 | Feb 2022 |
| Northzone | 6 | 2 | May 2019 |
| Industrifonden | 6 | 2 | Aug 2023 |
| EQT | 4 | 3 | Mar 2021 |
| Swedbank Robur | 4 | 3 | Mar 2021 |
| GP Bullhound | 4 | 3 | Nov 2022 |
| Zenith Group | 4 | 2 | Jun 2025 |
| Bonnier Capital | 4 | 1 | Jul 2021 |
The typical round is $1M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in Sweden
Highlights the largest disclosed funding round—a $1 billion Series F for Spotify—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Fmega-round | $1B | Apr 2016 | TPG, Dragoneer Investment Group | |
| Series Emega-round | $526M | Jun 2015 | Senvest Capital, TCV, SuRo Capital +10 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $450M | Mar 2021 | EQT, Blackstone | |
| Series Dmega-round | $250M | Nov 2013 | TCV | |
| Series C | $100M | Nov 2012 | Fidelity Investments, The Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | |
| Series C | $100M | Jun 2011 | Accel, DST Global, Kleiner Perkins | |
| Series B | $50M | Aug 2009 | Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Horizons Ventures, Li Ka Shing Foundation | |
| Series C | $33.1M | Dec 2018 | Första AP-fonden, Ny Teknik | |
| Series C | $31M | Mar 2021 | Adrigo, Consensus Asset Management, B Capital +1 more | |
| Series C | $27M | Jul 2020 | Alfvén & Didrikson, Swedbank Robur, Första AP-fonden +2 more |
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in Sweden
Counts 198,559 news articles in the last year, most often covering international entities, geopolitical disputes, political subdivisions, and sports competitions.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in Sweden. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- International and transnational geographic entities300,267▲+33%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,260▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions300,245▲+33%
- International sports competitions16,349▲+23%
- International political relations13,649→-3%
- Olympic games coverage9,886→+2%
- Security and defense policies9,427→-0%
- Winter sports coverage7,080▲+14%
- Championship event highlights6,657▲+43%
- International relations and diplomacy6,446→+9%
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26 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in Sweden as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in Sweden Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
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