Forbes to launch edition in Finland

Forbes announced Wednesday plans to launch its latest international edition, Forbes Finland, in partnership with SK Media Group.

The launch will be held in Helsinki, Finland, with the first issue to be published at the beginning of summer 2014.  Forbes Finland will have an initial circulation of 50,000.

The content of Forbes Finland will consist of 60 percent Finnish business news, commentary and features, and 40 percent editorial from Forbes magazines from around the world.  The Finnish edition will be published monthly in Finnish language.

SK Media Group also publishes Forbes Latvia and Forbes Estonia, which launched in 2010 and 2012, respectively.  The license agreement for Finland also encompasses the launch of Forbes in Sweden and Norway.

“We’re excited about Forbes’ expansion into the Scandinavian countries starting with Finland,” said Forbes Media chief operating officer Mike Federle in a statement. “SK Media Group has had a lot of success in the Baltic countries and we’re confident that the Group will develop an important presence for the newly launched edition in Finland. This launch continues our rapid expansion into Europe, which has become a very important strategic footprint for Forbes.”

Forbes also has licensee editions in Africa, Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine.