Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal () is a

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publishing house. Founded in 1770 by

Søren Gyldendal Søren Gyldendal (12 April 1742 – 8 February 1802) was a Danish bookstore owner who founded Gyldendal which became Denmark's largest publishing house. Biography Søren Jensen Gyldendal was born at Aars in Vesthimmerland, Denmark. Gyldendal ...

, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of books including

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and

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. Prior to 1925, it was also the leading publishing house in

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, and it published all of

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's works. In 1925, a Norwegian publishing house named

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Danish publishing ho ...

("Gyldendal Norwegian Publishing House") was founded, having bought rights to Norwegian authors from Gyldendal. Gyldendal is a

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and its shares are traded on the

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(, ). Gyldendal stopped the print version of their encyclopedia in 2006, focusing instead on selling paid subscriptions for its online encyclopedia
Den Store Danske
By 2008 it had decided that it needed another approach to support that online site.Noam Cohen

''The New York Times'', 16 March 2008 Since February 2009 Gyldendal is publishing an online, subscription-free encyclopedia.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries include:
Rosinante

Høst & Søn

Samlerens Forlag
* Forlaget Forum * Forlaget Fremad *

Hans Reitzels Forlag Hans Reitzels Forlag, founded in 1949, is a Danish publishing house that publishes fiction and textbooks in psychology, social work, education, social sciences, humanities, economics, law, communication and organization and direction subjects.

Munksgaard
* Academica
Systime
* Exlibris
Gyldendals Bogklubber

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Forlaget Munksgaard

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