Albert
Bonnier (October 21, 1820, in Copenhagen — July 26, 1900, in
Stockholm) was a Swedish
book publisher
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and
entrepreneur
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.
Life
Albert Bonnier was the son of Gerhard Bonnier, a
Jewish
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merchant and his wife Ester (née Elkan). Gerhard Bonnier was born in
Dresden
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in 1778 as Gutkind Hirschel and later emigrated to
Copenhagen
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. There he changed his name to Bonnier and founded a publishing house.
Bonnier's older brother Adolf was from 1827 in
Gothenburg as a
bookseller
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and moved two years later to
Stockholm. Albert followed him and worked from 1839 to 1865 with his brother. In addition, he founded in 1837 a Förlagsbyrå, from 1858 as Albert Bonniers Förlag AB firmierte. The publishing house is today part of the resulting media
Bonnier Group
Bonnier AB (), also the Bonnier Group, is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family.
Background
The company was founded in 1804 by Gerhard Bonnier in Copenhagen, Denma ...
AB. For training purposes, he traveled from 1840 to two years to
Leipzig
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,
Vienna
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and Pest.
Albert Bonnier was married since 1854 with Betty Rubenson. Her daughter Eva Bonnier was a painter. Her son Karl Otto was also publisher and led from 1914 the father's company.
Bonnier edited and published the ''
Stockholms Figaro''
between 1844-1847.
and ''
Sveriges Handelskalendar''
[ which began in 1859.]
See also
*Bonnier family
The Bonnier family is a Swedish family, originally of German Jewish descent, who since the beginning of the 19th century has been active in the book industry and later also in the mass media industry. They own the media group Bonnier Group, wit ...
References
Literature
*Bonnier, Albert. In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (ed.): ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon''. 2nd edition. Volume 1: A–K. Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 120 (Swedish, runeberg.org).
External links
Bonnier – historia
Swedish publishers (people)
1820 births
1900 deaths
Swedish Jews
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