John Grieg (18 August 1856 – 21 April 1905) was a Norwegian printer, publisher and bookseller.

Biography

Grieg was born in

Bergen, Norway Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...

. He was the son of John Grieg (1819-1887) and Jutta Camilla Lous (1825-1901). Grieg attended

Bergen Cathedral School Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Loc ...

and went abroad for further education. He studied bookstores in

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and printing operations in

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. In 1877, he returned to Bergen and worked for the printing house of his uncle, Georg Herman Grieg (1826-1910). Dating to 1721, it was the oldest publishing houses in Norway. In 1882, he took over the company under the trade name ''John Griegs boktrykkeri''. Grieg soon made the firm one of the city's biggest and most prestigious publishing houses. He published the magazines ''

Samtiden ''Samtiden'' is a Norwegian political and literary magazine. History and profile ''Samtiden'' was founded by Jørgen Brunchorst and Gerhard Gran in 1890. The magazine's first publisher was ''John Griegs forlag'' (Bergen), and from 1900 Aschehoug ...

'' which was edited by scientist

Jørgen Brunchorst Jørgen Brunchorst (10 August 1862 – 19 May 1917) was a Norwegian natural scientist, politician and diplomat. Biography Brunchorst was born in Bergen, the son of ship builder and – captain Christian Ege Brunchorst (1835–64) and his wife Em ...

and ''

Naturen ''Naturen'' ( en, Nature) is a Norwegian popular science magazine, which has been published since 1877 in Bergen, Norway. It is the earliest still running popular science magazine of the country. History and profile ''Naturen'' was started by t ...

'' edited by geologist

Hans Reusch Hans Henrik Reusch (5 September 1852 – 27 October 1922) was a Norwegian geologist, geomorphologist and educator. He served as director of the Geological Survey of Norway. Biography Born in Bergen, he was educated at the University of Leipz ...

and historian

Gerhard Gran Gerhard von der Lippe Gran (9 December 1856 – 7 April 1925) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer. Personal life Gran was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Christen Knagenhjelm Gran (1822� ...

. He was the publisher of ''

Bergensposten ''Bergensposten'' is a defunct newspaper published in Bergen, Norway from 1 March 1854 until 1893 when it merged with ''Bergens Tidende''. The editor at the start was Johannes Steen Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen (22 July 1827 - 1 April 1906 ...

'' until 1893. He also had the printing of several journals and was the initial publisher of the poets

Vilhelm Krag Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, author, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term Sørlandet to describe a region of Norway, he was the son of Peter Rasmus Krag and younger brother o ...

and

Sigbjørn Obstfelder Sigbjørn Obstfelder (21 November 1866 – 29 July 1900) was a 19th-century Norwegian writer and poet. Background Obstfelder was born in Stavanger, Norway on November 21, 1866. He was the eighth child in a family of sixteen children, being o ...

Personal life

In 1882, he married Marie Justine Agnethe Jebsen (1862–1943). He was the father of archeologist

Sigurd Grieg Sigurd Jebsen Grieg (22 August 1894 – 3 November 1973) was a Norwegian museologist and archeologist. He was director of the Sandvig Collections at Maihaugen in Lillehammer. He is most associated with the excavation of Raknehaugen, a prehisto ...

. He was the brother of ship broker and politician Joachim Grieg and a cousin of composer

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

. John Grieg was appointed 1st Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1905. He died that same year at 48 years of age.

References

1856 births 1905 deaths Businesspeople from Bergen People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School Norwegian printers Norwegian book publishers (people) Norwegian booksellers Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal {{Norway-business-bio-stub