ARK BOKHANDEL AS
Operating
Handelsvirksomhet innefor bok, papir, musikk, leketøy, kunst og andre
tilstøtende områder, samt gjennom aksjetegning eller på annen måte
delta i næringsvirksomhet i andre selskaper, herunder å yte lån
og/eller stille garantier overfor samarbeidende selskaper.
Keywords
books
Organization
- CEO
- SO
- Chairman of the board
- JT
John Tørres Thuv1970
- Years since formation
- 31 years
- since Feb 19, 1995
- Type
- Limited company
- VAT registered
- Yes
- Number of employees
- 1214
Ownership
- Number of shares and share classes
- 35,200
- 1 share class
- Total number of shareholders
- 1
- company
- Belongs to group of
Financials
- Total operating income 2024
- 1,842,871,565
- NOK
- Annual total result 2024
- 6,497,809
- NOK
- Total equity 2024
- 398,658,487
- NOK
Last update: Feb 13, 2026
Locations
- Company addressSehesteds gate 4 0164 OSLO, Norge
Copied! - Postal addressPostboks 6693 St Olavs Plass 0129 OSLO, Norge
Copied!
Management
Management / administration
| Name | Role | Shares |
|---|---|---|
SO | Managing Director/CEO | - |
Board
| Name | Role | Shares |
|---|---|---|
JT 1970 | Chairman | - |
AN 1971 | Board Member | - |
MN 1963 | Board Member | - |
MP 1972 | Board Member | - |
JR 1967 | Alternate Member | - |
LT | Alternate Member | - |
MS | Alternate Member | - |
KO | Board Member | - |
OS | Board Member | - |
LA 1969 | Alternate Member | - |
JO 1984 | Alternate Member | - |
HS | Alternate Member | - |
AI | Alternate Member | - |
DL | Alternate Member | - |
EK | Board Member | - |
LI 1977 | Board Member | - |
Others
| Name | Role | Shares |
|---|---|---|
B BDO AS | Auditor | - |
Top 10 individual shareholders
| Name | Role | Shares |
|---|---|---|
TM 1971 | - | 42.76 % indirectly |
EC | - | 42.65 % indirectly |
OJ | - | 1.28 % indirectly |
HK 1973 | - | 1.28 % indirectly |
HF | - | 1.28 % indirectly |
GJ | - | 1.16 % indirectly |
Last update: Aug 7, 2025
Ownership
Company shareholders
| Name | Share class | Total number of shares | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
G GYLDENDAL ASA | Ordinary shares | 35,200 | 100 % |
Shares owned by the ARK BOKHANDEL AS
| Name | Share class | Total number of shares | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
B BOKBASEN AS | Ordinary shares | 8,250 | 5 % |
A ASKER SENTRUM AS | Ordinary shares | 2 | 1.69 % |
M MOLDE SENTRUM AS | Ordinary shares | 2 | 0.95 % |
H HAUGESUND SENTRUM NÆRINGSDRIFT AS | Ordinary shares | 1 | 0.59 % |
P PORSGRUNN MIN BY AS | Ordinary shares | 1 | 0.33 % |
A ABBH AS | NO0003586802 | 80 | < 0.01 % |
P POLARIS MEDIA ASA | NO0010466022 | 9 | < 0.01 % |
Last update: Jun 2, 2025
Group structure
- Total operating income 2024: NOK 90,300,060Operating profit 2024: NOK 75,276,692Employees: 0
Financials
in NOK
Summary
| Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total operating income | 1,842,871,565 | 1,767,386,821 | 1,734,988,784 | 1,656,764,093 |
Annual Total Result | 6,497,809 | -21,617,180 | 9,853,319 | 9,075,099 |
Total assets | 1,364,861,047 | 1,245,283,431 | 1,341,810,211 | 1,234,038,479 |
Total liabilities | 966,202,561 | 870,367,936 | 948,503,430 | 850,272,588 |
Total equity | 398,658,487 | 374,915,495 | 393,306,781 | 383,765,892 |
P&L
| Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total operating income | 1,842,871,565 | 1,767,386,821 | 1,734,988,784 | 1,656,764,093 |
Total operating costs | 1,806,142,210 | 1,771,617,216 | 1,705,988,207 | 1,630,330,796 |
Operating result | 36,729,355 | -4,230,395 | 29,000,577 | 26,433,297 |
Financial income/costs | -28,259,167 | -23,187,609 | -16,269,683 | -13,942,752 |
Profit before tax | 8,470,188 | -27,418,004 | 12,730,894 | 12,490,545 |
Total tax & extraordinary income/cost | 1,972,379 | -5,800,824 | 2,877,575 | 3,415,446 |
Annual Total Result | 6,497,809 | -21,617,180 | 9,853,319 | 9,075,099 |
Balance overview
| Year | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total fixed assets | 775,302,758 | 715,588,736 | 778,343,622 | 662,247,423 |
Total current assets | 589,558,289 | 529,694,695 | 563,466,589 | 571,791,056 |
Total assets | 1,364,861,047 | 1,245,283,431 | 1,341,810,211 | 1,234,038,479 |
Short term debt | 519,656,399 | 494,654,682 | 508,256,388 | 516,682,747 |
Long term debt | 446,546,162 | 375,713,254 | 440,247,042 | 333,589,841 |
Total liabilities | 966,202,561 | 870,367,936 | 948,503,430 | 850,272,588 |
Contributed capital | 187,657,088 | 170,411,905 | 167,186,063 | 167,186,063 |
Retained earnings | 211,001,399 | 204,503,590 | 226,120,718 | 216,579,829 |
Total equity | 398,658,487 | 374,915,495 | 393,306,781 | 383,765,892 |
Total equity and liabilities | 1,364,861,048 | 1,245,283,431 | 1,341,810,211 | 1,234,038,480 |
Classification
21st company classification
BETA
Industrial daughter company
Category
Type of organization
Limited company
Classification of institutional sector
INNL
Domestic sectors
A_IKKE-FIN
Non-financial corporations
2100
Private non-financial incorporated enterprises
Standard industrial classification
G
Main industrial area
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
47
Activity
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
47.6
Main industrial group
Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores
47.61
Industrial group
Retail sale of books in specialised stores
47.610
Industrial group
Retail sale of books in specialised stores