Olaf Olsen Norli (18 August 1861 – 21 January 1959) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.

Biography

He was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He grew up at Nordlia on

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. In 1877 he started as an apprentice in Jacob Dybwad's bookstore. In 1883, he founded the bookstore Olaf Huseby & Olaf Olsen Boghandel together with Olaf Huseby. The collaboration eventually failed and the two split. In 1890, he started and which combined a bookstore with a publishing house. Peter Egge and

Tryggve Andersen Tryggve Andersen (27 September 1866 – 10 April 1920) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and story writer. Biography Andersen was born in Ringsaker in Hedmark, Norway. He was one of ten children born to Christen Andersen (1825–1893) and An ...

both debuted their work at Norlis.

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debuted at Norli in 1923, but later went over to the publishing house

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and

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also wrote published works before moving to a larger publisher.

Nils Collett Vogt Nils Collett Vogt (24 September 1864 – 23 December 1937) was a Norwegian poet. He was born in Christiania (now Oslo) as the son of tramway director Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt (1830–1892) and writer Johanne Collett (1833–1906). He was gr ...

published three poetry collections at Norli.

Vetle Vislie Vetle Vislie (21 September 1858 – 7 February 1933) was a Norwegian educationalist and writer. He was born in Skafså as a son of farmer Gjermund Vetleson Vislie (1825–1903) and Anne Larsdotter Mandt (1818–1904). He made his debut as a playwri ...

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, Hans Seland,

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, Rasmus Løland, Jens Tvedt and

Tore Ørjasæter Tore Ørjasæter (3 March 1886 – 29 February 1968) was a Norwegian educator and poet.

Biography

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all published with Norlis. Olaf Norli was known for publishing several titles in

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, and published the magazine between 1913 and 1932. He chaired the

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from 1924 to 1927. In 1948, when Olaf Norli was 87 years old, he left the firm to two trusted employees. Bjarne Welle (1878–1949) took over the bookshop and Knut Stalsberg (1888–1980) led the publishing. In 1959 Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag (established 1933) acquired the company. The bookshop was taken over by

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in 1985. The name resurfaced around 2000, when Norli Gruppen AS was established.

References

External links

Olaf Norlis bokhandel (digitaltmuseum.no)Olaf Norlis Forlag (bokelskere.no)
1861 births 1959 deaths Norwegian booksellers Norwegian book publishers (people) Businesspeople from Oslo Nynorsk {{Norway-business-bio-stub