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This work id a result of collaboration with the Mechanics of Functional Materials Division at the TU Darmstadt and Siemens AG, Corporate Technology. In the quest for hard-soft composite magnets, we present here the interesting case of mixing iron nitride and Sr-hexaferrite, where the uniaxial anisotropy of the ‘soft’ phase is larger than that of the hard phase. We have synthesized bulk hard-soft composite magnets from Al-doped Sr-hexaferrite SrAl₂Fe₁₀O₁₉ sub-micron- and iron nitride α″-Fe₁₆N₂ nano-particles. Both powders have been mixed via ball milling, followed by compaction at low temperatures.