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Storytel

Logo: Storytel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Swedish audiobook company

Storytel AB is a Swedish e-book and audiobook subscription service based in Stockholm. It is available in more than 25 countries. Its English audiobook service Audiobooks.com is available in more than 150 countries.2 Its shares trade on Nasdaq Stockholm AB under the symbol STORY B.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1

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  • TickerSTORY B on Nasdaq Stockholm AB1
  • Industrypublishing1
  • HeadquartersStockholm1
  • Websitewww.storytel.com
  • Legal formaktiebolag1
  • LEI549300I1FSPPI9HHU4193
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBox 24167, 104 51 Stockholm, Sweden3
  • Registered withSwedish Companies Registration Office, 556575-29603

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Storytel AB is a Swedish e-book and audiobook subscription service based in Stockholm. It is available in more than 25 countries. Its English audiobook service Audiobooks.com is available in more than 150 countries.2

Corporate structure

Storytel sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Storytel Stockholm, Sweden
    • Norstedts Förlagsgrupp Stockholm, Sweden
    • Gummerus Subsidiary · Jyväskylä, Finland
    • People'sPress Subsidiary · Vester Farimagsgade
    • Bokforlaget Lind & Co AB (Bokförlaget Lind & Co AB) Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Storytel Sweden AB Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Storytel reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Storytel was founded in 2006 by Jonas Tellander and Jon Hauksson.

In 2016, Storytel acquired Norstedts förlag, one of Sweden's largest book publishers, and Mofibo, a Danish book service. The following year, Storytel acquired People's Press, another Danish publisher, and expanded its operations to Russia, Spain, India, and the United Arab Emirates.

In 2018, Storytel acquired Seslenen Kitaplar, a Turkish audiobook service. A year later, in 2019, it acquired Gummerus, Finland's oldest publishing house.

In July 2020, Storytel acquired a 70 percent stake in Forlagið, an Icelandic publishing house.

In November 2021, Storytel acquired Audiobooks.com from RBMedia for $135 million.

In February 2022, Jonas Tellander stepped down as the CEO for personal reasons and joined the board of directors. In August 2022, Johannes Larcher, formerly an executive at HBO, was appointed as CEO. In July 2024 it was announced that Bodil Eriksson Torp is appointed new CEO of Storytel Group.

Controversies

Storytel has been investigated for anti-competitive practices in Turkey, Iceland and other countries.

From Wikipedia’s article on Storytel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • audiobook
  • ebook

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Also consolidated

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 2019Gummerus became a subsidiary1
  2. 2016Norstedts Förlagsgrupp became a subsidiary1

Timeline

  1. 2005Founded Founded1

Sources

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