Kotimaa

Kotimaa is a Finnish Christian media company whose roots go back to 1905, when Kustannus-Osakeyhtiö Kotimaa was founded in Helsinki to publish the newspaper Kotimaa, and Raamattutalo was established in Sortavala to publish Bibles as part of the Finnish Church Inner Mission Society founded the same year. Over more than a century the company grew into a broader Christian publishing and communications house, adding book publishing through Kirjapaja Osakeyhtiö in 1942 and later incorporating operations such as Sacrum, Credonet and Suomen Kirkko-Mediat into Kotimaa-Yhtiöt Oy. The publishing business continued as a newspaper unit within the group, producing titles including Kotimaa, Askel, Lastenmaa, Koulun Aamu, Fleim, Kotimaan Joulu and Hääilo. The company was renamed Kotimaa Oy in September 2013. Its core activities have remained the weekly newspaper Kotimaa, the online publication Kotimaa.fi, customer magazines, the manufacture and distribution of church supplies, and digital products and services. A subsidiary, Insight360 Oy, was founded in 2016 to produce segmentation and target-group data on Finnish values, attitudes and market behaviour for marketers, NGOs, political parties and parishes; its business was sold to Taloustutkimus in 2021. From the beginning of 2022, Kotimaa Oy's business has continued under the name Sacrum-Kotimaa Oy, which is owned by Kirkkopalvelut. The product range includes the weekly newspaper Kotimaa, the online magazine Kotimaa.fi, the periodical Askel, Juhava candles and church textiles by Ateljé Solemnius. The company is a private, church-related enterprise rather than a listed corporation, and it remains a notable voice in Finnish Christian media and publishing.

The foundation of Kotimaa was laid in 1905, when Kustannus-Osakeyhtiö Kotimaa was established in Helsinki to publish the newspaper Kotimaa, and Raamattutalo was founded in Sortavala to publish Bibles as part of the Finnish Church Inner Mission Society (Suomen Kirkon Sisälähetysseura), also founded that year. In 1942, Kirjapaja Osakeyhtiö was established as a sister company to handle book publishing. Through several corporate arrangements, especially from the 2000s onward, Kustannus-Osakeyhtiö Kotimaa remained an independent company owned by Kirkkopalvelut, the Church Central Fund (kirkon keskusrahasto), the Finnish Missionary Society (Suomen Lähetysseura) and a number of church organizations and private individuals. The newspaper publishing operation remained in its own company, while previously separate limited companies — Kirjapaja, Raamattutalo, Sacrum, Credonet and Suomen Kirkko-Mediat — were consolidated into Kotimaa-Yhtiöt Oy. In practice the company operated within Kotimaa-Yhtiöt as its newspaper publishing unit, a newspaper group whose products included Kotimaa as well as Askel, Lastenmaa, Koulun Aamu, Fleim, Kotimaan Joulu and Hääilo. The company's name changed to Kotimaa Oy in September 2013. A subsidiary, Insight360 Oy, was founded in 2016 to produce segmentations describing Finnish values, attitudes and market behaviour, target groups for marketing needs, and related training. Insight360's clientele consisted of companies developing their marketing, civic organizations such as political parties, and parishes. Insight's business was sold to Taloustutkimus in 2021. Managing directors of Kustannus-Oy Kotimaa have included Erkki Sinkkonen (1969–1973), Jussi Järvilehto (1974–1978), Paavo Rinkineva (1978–1991), Reijo Telaranta (1991–2005) and Pauli Aalto-Setälä (2005–2009), who was simultaneously managing director of the wider Kotimaa-Yhtiöt group. Other managing directors have included Jaakko Tapaninen, Juha Ruotsalainen, Matti Koli and Kati Kinnunen, who has been managing director of Sacrum-Kotimaa Oy from the beginning of 2022. From the beginning of 2022, Kotimaa Oy's business has continued under the name Sacrum-Kotimaa Oy. The company's core business areas remain the newspaper, the production of customer magazines, the manufacture and distribution of church supplies, and digital products and services. Sacrum-Kotimaa is owned by Kirkkopalvelut. Its products include the weekly newspaper Kotimaa, the online magazine Kotimaa.fi, the periodical Askel, Juhava candles and church textiles by Ateljé Solemnius.

• 2022

  Business continues under the name Sacrum-Kotimaa Oy, owned by Kirkkopalvelut.

• 2021

  Insight360's business sold to Taloustutkimus.

• 2016

  Subsidiary Insight360 Oy founded for segmentation and target-group data.

• 2013

  Company name changed to Kotimaa Oy in September.

• 1942

  Kirjapaja Osakeyhtiö established as a sister company for book publishing.

• 1905

  Kustannus-Osakeyhtiö Kotimaa founded in Helsinki to publish the newspaper Kotimaa; Raamattutalo founded in Sortavala to publish Bibles.

A Finnish Christian media and publishing house serving the Evangelical Lutheran church community and broader Christian readership.

• Kotimaa

• Kotimaa.fi

• Askel

• Lastenmaa

• Koulun Aamu

• Fleim

• Kotimaan Joulu

• Hääilo

• Juhava candles

• Ateljé Solemnius church textiles

1. 1Kotimaa (yritys) – Wikipediafi.wikipedia.org
2. 2Kotimaa – Wikidatawikidata.org