Elkjøp
Elkjøp, better known as Elgiganten outside Norway, is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic countries, with four hundred stores, in six countries and 10,000 employees. Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland, on 16 March 1962. It was purchased in November 1999, by Dixons Carphone. Elkjøp owned stores for a time in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The coined name Elkjøp translates from Norwegian as El buy, where El is understood as shorthand for elektrisk or elektronisk.
Operations
Elkjøp trades under several different brands:| Country | Local name | Number of stores |
| Elgiganten | 38 | |
| Elding | 2 | |
| Gigantti/Gigantti Phonehouse | 41 | |
| Elgiganten | 2 | |
| Elko | 4 | |
| Elkjøp/Elkjøp Phonehouse | 144 | |
| Elgiganten/Elgiganten Phone House | 165 |