The fairytale that began in a little humble apartment in the working section of Copenhagen developed into a media group. Egmont’s development from kitchen table printing to a modern media group with operations in over 20 countries is the result of a sustained development based on the classical virtues of quality, alertness and care.
The Founder
A dream comes true as the 17 year old Egmont Harald Petersen with a loan on his mother’s assets buys a ‘flyswatter’ a hand operated, simple printing machine to start his one man business. Egmont’s ability to think along new lines and to innovate has the full backing of his mother Petrine who mortgages her own lifeline, her sowing machine, to enable her son to realize his dream. With his characteristic self assurance and risk willingness Egmont H. throughout his life reinvests almost all the profits in his company.
On the very day Egmont H. is heading into town to pick up the first equipment for his printing shop, he finds a coin on the cobble stones in the Copenhagen working area. This coin becomes Egmont’s lucky coin and is today kept at the Head Office in Vognmagergade.
