Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag
A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal () is a
Danish
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People
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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
fiction,
non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with b ...
and
dictionaries. Prior to 1925, it was also the leading publishing house in
Norway
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, and it published all of
Henrik Ibsen's works. In 1925, a Norwegian publishing house named
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag ("Gyldendal Norwegian Publishing House") was founded, having bought rights to Norwegian authors from Gyldendal.
Gyldendal is a
public company
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and its shares are traded on the
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
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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:
RosinanteHøst & SønSamlerens 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
See also
*
Wivels Forlag
References
External links
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Hans Reitzel ForlagForlaget MunksgaardGyldendals Bogklubber
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Danish companies established in 1770
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