About the agency

Bennet Agency was founded 2010 by Amelie Bennet and sells the foreign rights of Nordic illustrated non-fiction, focusing on cookery, craft and lifestyle titles. Bennet Agency handles both co-editions and royalty deals and can, through close contacts with the buying and the selling publisher, create good business models.


Publishers

Natur & Kultur is one of Sweden’s biggest publishers of illustrated non-fiction. They publish books within many subject areas and focus on cookery, lifestyle and gardening.

Kakao Förlag specialises in cookery and has won prizes for their excellent design and content. Kakao Förlag also publishes humour and books about Sweden.

Ordalaget is a non-fiction publisher who focuses on cookery, gardening, gift books and cultural history. Most of the titles are highly illustrated but they also publish text books on various subjects.

Lind & Co publishes mostly fiction and non-fiction textbooks, but has also been successful with humour books under the imprint Kangaroo.

BladhbyBladh is a newly started publishing house that will focus on fiction and non-fiction. They focus on strong authors and strong stories.

LUX publishes primarily illustrated non-fiction with high demands on art direction, design and printing. Popular science (astronomy), photography monographs, and home practice handbooks are lined up in the coming three seasons.

Balkong Förlag is a publishing house which focuses on high production values. They mostly publish illustrated non-fiction within architecture, history, food & drink and nature & sports, but also have a small list of fiction.

Columbus Förlag publishes non-fiction titles for adults. They also develop book ideas for other book publishing companies. The list consists of titles within psychology, law, history and culture history, food and drink and books about horses and boats.

Andina förlag is a small publishing house with ambitions to create high quality, interesting and beautifully illustrated books. Their aim is to publish books within craft, food, architecture, design, home, garden and humour.

Trio förlag is home to the exquisite cookery titles of Anna & Fanny Bergenström. For over two decades they have created books that are now part of nearly every Swedish kitchen. They form an unbeatable team with Anna’s easy to follow recipes and Fanny’s excellent photography.

Hemslöjdens förlag is Sweden’s number one publisher of craft books. Their aim is to give new ideas and inspiration to everyone who enjoys creating by hand. The books bring together the old Nordic craft traditions and new trends.

Ordfront förlag publishes mainly non-fiction text books but now and then they come up with brilliant cookbook ideas. Hopefully there will be more to come.

Moreeni is a Finnish publisher of non-fiction, focusing on beautiful craft and hobby titles. They publish about 30 new titles every year. Moreeni is a part of Otava Group.