JPV was an Icelandic publishing house, established in 2001 by Jóhann Páll Valdimarsson, from whose initials the press takes its name. On 1 October 2007, JPV merged with the publishers

Mál og menning Mál og menning ('language and culture') is an Icelandic publishing house, established in 1937. The press has published the work of many of Iceland's best known authors, among them Þórbergur Þórðarson, Jóhannes úr Kötlum, Svava Jakobsdótti ...

, Vaka-Helgafell and Bókaútgáfan Iðunn under the name

Forlagið Forlagið (meaning "The Publishing House") is the largest publishing house in Iceland. It publishes around 150 titles a year under five different imprints: JPV, Mál og menning, , , and Ókeibækur. It is also publishes maps. The company was cr ...

. However, books continue to be published under the JPV imprint.Mál og Menning og JPV sameinast
(25 November 2007).

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Official website
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