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Alga
Industry	Board games
Founded	1917 in Stockholm, Sweden
Parent	Brio; Ravensburger
Website	www.algaspel.se

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Alga (game publisher) | Alga AB | cf. sv:Alga (speltillverkare)

Alga AB is a board game publisher founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1917.

Alga was formed as a subsidiary of Pressbyrån, a chain of convenience stores. Alga took care of the distribution of postcards and writing materials. In 1938, it started manufacturing board games. In 1940, Pressbyrån itself took over the production of postcards, and the connection between Alga and Pressbyrån was broken by the Bonnier Group, which owned both companies. The old Alga was later transformed into Bokförlaget Forum, while the game production continued under the brand name Alga.^[1] It took over the publication of Monopol (Monopoly) from another Bonnier company.

In the 1960s, the company was modernized with, among other things, the current logo, Alga in white text against a red circle as a background. The company also moved from Stockholm to Vittsjö where a new factory and headquarters were built.^[2] At the same time, Alga also became a distributor of toys, including Monchhichi.^[3]

Dan Glimne was product development manager at Alga from 1980 to 1989. Alga has been owned by Brio since 1983. The factory in Vittsjö was closed at the beginning of the 2000s and the head office was moved to Malmö.

Selected games published by Alga

Original Swedish designs

Bondespelet ("The Farmer Game", taken over from the defunct publisher Aristospel; also published in Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian^[4])
Drakborgen (later published in English as Dungeonquest)
- Drakborgen II (expansion set published in English as Heroes for Dungeonquest and Dungeonquest Catacombs)
Jägersro (a horse racing game named for the racing facility in Jägersro)
Oljan ("The Oil")
Tjuv och polis ("Thief and police")

Games adapted from overseas originals

Alfapet (Scrabble)
Cluedo
Crossbows and Catapults
Den försvunna diamanten (Afrikan tähti)
Formula 1
Girl Talk
Karriär (Careers)
Memory (Concentration
Monopol (Monopoly)
Rack-O
Rail (Railway Rivals)
Risk
2001: the space age game (Domain)
Table Soccer
Yatzy

Traditional board games

Games based on TV series

Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
Kojak
Mysteriet på Greveholm
Teletubbies
Vem vill bli miljonär? (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)

References

^ Arne Sandström, Vykortets historia, Trafik-Nostalgiska Förlaget, Stockholm, 2015, p. 58.
^ Johannesson, Ika & Wilhelmsson, Jimmy, Boken om ALGA, Fandrake, Stockholm, 2023.
^ "Alga, en vitamininkektion för Vittsjö". vittsjobjarnum.nu.
^ "Bondespelet". BoardGameGeek.

[ref_1-1] Arne Sandström, Vykortets historia, Trafik-Nostalgiska Förlaget, Stockholm, 2015, p. 58.

[2] Johannesson, Ika & Wilhelmsson, Jimmy, Boken om ALGA, Fandrake, Stockholm, 2023.

[3] "Alga, en vitamininkektion för Vittsjö". vittsjobjarnum.nu.

[4] "Bondespelet". BoardGameGeek.

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