Filmstaden (cinema chain)

Filmstaden AB
FormerlySvensk Filmindustri (1920-1998)
SF Bio AB (1998-2018)
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryCinema
PredecessorSvensk Filmindustri
Founded1920; 106 years ago (1920) (as Filmstaden)
1998; 28 years ago (1998) (as SF Bio)
Area served
Sweden
Key peopleRamon Biarnes (CEO)
BrandsFilmstaden, Biolabbet
ParentNordic Cinema Group
SubsidiariesSvenska Bio (50%) Västerås Biografer, AB Svensk Filmindustri & Co (50%)
Websitehttps://filmstaden.se

Filmstaden AB (formerly SF Bio AB) is Sweden's largest cinema chain, and was founded in 1998 after Svensk Filmindustri was split into SF and SF Bio. The company is owned by the European group Odeon Cinemas Group, which has been owned by the world's largest cinema group, the American AMC Theatres since 2017.

On October 26, 2018, the prominent Swedish cinema chain SF Bio officially debuted its new visual identity and introductory vignette. marked the beginning of the brand's formal transition and renaming to Filmstaden AB to coincided with the grand opening of the new Filmstaden theater in Helsingborg due to the sale to AMC Theatres, in 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Sök företagsfakta: Filmstaden". Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sveriges största biografkedja - Filmstaden". www.filmstaden.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "SF Bio byter namn till Filmstaden!". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-03-25.