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2025
Edita Group divests the entire share capital of its subsidiary Edilex Lakitieto Oy to Alma Media Corporation.
2025
Edita Group announces the discontinuation of the learning material business of its subsidiary Edita Oppiminen Oy. The publishing rights to learning materials for secondary and vocational education are sold to Sanoma Pro.
2024
At the end of November the transaction between Edita Group Plc and a fund managed by CapMan Special Situations regarding Edita Prima Oy is completed. Now Edita Group consists of the parent company Edita Group Plc and the subsidiaries Edita Oppiminen Oy, Edilex Lakitieto Oy and Virallinen lehti Kustannus Oy.
2024
The Group announces it will divest its subsidiary Edita Prima Oy, focused on customer communications services, to a fund managed by CapMan Special Situations. The transaction is subject to approval by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.
2024
An internal reorganization is implemented in Edita Lakitieto. As a result, a new subsidiary, Edilex Lakitieto Oy, is established. Edita Lakitieto Oy will change its name to Virallinen lehti Kustannus Oy. After the reorganization, the Group has four subsidiaries: Edilex Lakitieto Oy, Edita Oppiminen Oy, Edita Prima Oy and Virallinen lehti Kustannus Oy.
2024
In the beginning of 2024, Edita Publishing Oy is partially demerged into two independent companies, one of which serves legal information business area and the other learning business area. As a result of the change, the Group now has three subsidiaries that also correspond to the Group’s business areas: Edita Lakitieto Oy, Edita Oppiminen Oy and Edita Prima Oy.
2023
The Group announces it will divest its property in Kuninkaantammi to Evli’s real estate development fund. The Group also announces it will divest its subsidiary Edita Prima to PostNord Strålfors. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the approval of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority. The Group starts preparations to demerge Edita Publishing into two separate companies from the beginning of 2024 on.
2023
Edita Group consists of three business areas: Edita Prima as well as Edita Learning and Edita Legal Information, which belong to Edita Publishing.
2022
The Group becomes Edita Group, with a focus on developing and strengthening the operations of its two business areas, Edita Prima and Edita Publishing.
Our journey continues.
2021
The Group announces it will divest the Nordic Morning business area to the Swedish H&H Group.
2017
The Group consists of 12 separate companies, each with their own brand and separate offering, but held together by a holding company structure. A new strategy is needed. The Group becomes Nordic Morning Group and its business is divided into three areas:
- Data-driven marketing & service design – Nordic Morning
- Smart learning – Edita Publishing
- Automated processes for communication services – Edita Prima
2016
CountQuest, a data analysis company, is acquired.
2015
Ottoboni, a leading digital communications agency in Sweden, is acquired. Alkuvoima is acquired in Finland and its name is changed to Ottoboni Finland.
2014
Seed Digital Media in Finland is acquired. Seed specializes in customer relationship marketing.
2013
The Group becomes Nordic Morning.
2012
The Educode educationcenter in Finland and Klikki, the leading digital marketing agency in the Nordic region, are acquired. Klikki operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
2009
Edita Group celebrates its 150th anniversary.
2008
The Swedish Citat Group, consisting of the advertising agency Citat AB, communications agency JG Communication, and Mods Graphic Studio, is acquired.
2007
The Swedish Citat Group, consisting of the advertising agency Citat AB, communications agency JG Communication, and Mods Graphic Studio, is acquired.
2006
A part of Bobergs Tryckeri in Falun, Sweden, is acquired.
2004
The company starts divesting its analogue printing business and instead acquires digital companies.
2001
In Sweden, Graphium’s print business is acquired, including Edita Västra Aros.
2000
The company’s starts to establish itself in Sweden.
1998
The first digital agency (To the Point) is acquired.
1996
The Finnish State Printing House is renamed Edita and operations are expanded with more editorial products and digital communication.
1975
The printing house moves to its current facilities in Hakuninmaa (today Kuninkaantammi) on the outskirts of Helsinki, and new technology is introduced.
1960
Approximately 500 employees. Market development is steady during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and operations include high-quality print works as well as book publishing.
1952
The new printing house is inaugurated in the center of Helsinki.
1940
The company expands and has 200 employees. A bigger printing press is needed, but the war intervenes.
1917
Finland gains independence and the printing company becomes state-owned under the name The Finnish State Printing House.
1909
The printing press starts printing everything from signs to newspapers for the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1859
The Imperial Senate Printing Press is founded in Helsinki. Finland was then a Grand Duchy under Russia. The first assignment is to print 600 10-kopek stamps for the Russian Tsar. The company has four employees: a printer, a typesetter, a foreman, and an errand boy.
