Medicine:Helse (magazine)

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Short description: Danish lifestyle magazine
Helse
CategoriesLifestyle magazine
FrequencySix to eight times per year
FounderToft Nielsen
Year founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
CountryDenmark
Based inCopenhagen
LanguageDanish
WebsiteHelse

Helse is a family and lifestyle magazine with a special reference to medical topics. The magazine is published in Copenhagen, Denmark . Its name refers to a traditional Danish word with the meaning of health.[1]

History and profile

Helse was established by Toft Nielsen, an economist, in 1955.[1] The magazine, based in Copenhagen, features articles on advances in health-care services.[1][2] Helse-Active Living was the owner of the magazine until 2008.[3] The Danish Medical Association supported the magazine, which was financed by the Federation of Sick-benefits Associations until 2012.[1] It was distributed free of charge until that date and has been published six[4] to eight times per year since then.[1] The Pharmacists Association and local authorities began to finance the magazine in 2012.[1]

At the beginning of the 1960s Helse sold nearly 310,000 copies.[4]

See also

  • List of magazines in Denmark

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Jens Mathiesen (2012). "Health education in Denmark: A puzzle without a picture. An Overview". World Yearbook of Education 1989: Health Education. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-136-16695-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=J5dbBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33. 
  2. Europa World Year. 1. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 1439. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA1439. 
  3. "Denmark - Consumer magazines". G2MI. http://g2mi.com/country_sector_info.php?sectorName=%20Consumer%20magazines&countryName=Denmark&id=18. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 E. Toft Nielson (June 1964). "Health News From Denmark". Health Education Journal 22 (2): 121–122. doi:10.1177/001789696402200211. 

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