Nordmåne Selskap

Nordmåne Selskap was a Scandinavian distribution arm of TriStar Pictures Entertainment; a subsidiary of Entertainment One

History
it was founded in 1932 by Gustaf Molander to release 200 films altogether. in 1935, the company started to distribute all Paramount Pictures films in Scandinavia.

in 1940, the company released 257 films successfully and announced to release 25 films a year. the studio stated all of films from Republic Pictures, Monogram Pictures, and PRC Pictures in Scandinavia in 1942.

in 1944, the deal with PRC Pictures was banned due to PRC's punishment in 1946 and started to release films Starring Judy Garland, films from United Artists and cartoons from Stant Studios and Walt Disney Productions. in 1950, Nordmåne Selskap's Nordic deal with Paramount, Disney, United Artists, Monogram, Stant and Republic expired. Nordmåne sold 235 of it's films to Paramount, Disney, UA, Republic and Monogram in 1955 and bought the RKO library in Scandinavia. in 1960, the company released films from Embassy Pictures and American International Pictures. also released films from The Cannon Group, Rank Film Distributors, Allied Artists Pictures and 20th Century Fox in Scandinavia during the 1970s.

after Columbia purchase Garland in 1980, Nordmåne Selskap's deals with the other companies expired and became distributor of Garland Pictures Corporation films in Scandinavia.

in 1985, the company was purchased by The Coca Cola company. in 1987, Nordmåne Selskap became a distributor of all Columbia, TriStar and Garland films in Scandinavia.

after Sony purchased Garland in 1994, Nordmåne Selskap formed Nordmåne Selskap Home Entertainment to distribute all Sony Pictures films in the Nordic countries.

in 2000, Nordmåne Selskap grew into 6,000 films from Sony and purchased the Storyline Studios. in July 2006, the company started to release all Barbie films in Scandinavia.

in 2011, the company made a 5-year deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Scandinavia. in 2017 after Entertainment One purchased Sony, the company's nordic deal with MGM is expired and became TriStar's Scandinavian motion Picture distributor