Polar Music International AB

NOTE: [b]This page is for the Swedish company that owned the [l=Polar] label, not the label itself. Any releases that carry the Polar logo should also be added to the [l=Polar] page[/b].

[l=Polar Music AB] was a Swedish record company, founded in 1963 by [a=Stig Anderson] & [a=Bengt Bernhag] as a part of the [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Sweden+Music+Ab]Sweden Music[/url] publishing company. After [a=ABBA]'s success with Eurovision, the company grew to International status, as Stig licensed his most successful group on the label, to different labels around the globe. Polar Music AB was restructured in ca. 1977 and was henceforth known formally as Polar Music International.
Sweden Music was sold to [l=PolyGram] in 1989. In 1999 Seagram bought the company and merged it into [l=Universal Music Group].
The company still handles the material by the original [l=Polar] signings (including ABBA), and it's overseen by the [l=Universal Music AB] marketing director.

Name variations as found on this profile:
- [b]Polar Music International AB[/b]
- [b]Polar Music Intern. AB[/b]
- [b]Polar Music Int'l AB[/b]

Please, consider also [b][l=Polar Music International][/b], [b][l=Polar Music International B.V.][/b], or [b][l=Polar Music International Ltd.][/b] if stated that way on the release.