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 house Gyldendal, which the company also takes it name from.

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS was founded in 1925. It was established when a group of Norwegian investors "bought home" the works of " The Four Greats" and

Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective ...

, which had previously been published by the Danish publishing house Gyldendal.

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had a central role in this operation and became the new company's director, and

provided significant capital and became its largest shareholder. The company publishes both

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s and

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s. Gyldendal owns 50% of Kunnskapsforlaget, along with

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, which publishes

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s, dictionaries and other reference books, including the '' Store norske leksikon''. Gyldendal also publishes the literary magazine ''

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''. The company is organised as a division of Gyldendal ASA, a

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which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS consists of the following four divisions: Gyldendal Litteratur, Gyldendal Undervisning, Gyldendal Akademisk and Gyldendal Rettsdata.

Gyldendal ASA

Gyldendal ASA () is a Norway-based holding company active within the publishing sector. The Company is operational through Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, a wholly owned publishing house plus four other principal subsidiaries: Ark Bokhandel AS, a wholly owned book store; Kunnskapsforlaget ANS, a 50%-owned book company that specializes in dictionaries and encyclopedias; Forlagssentralen ANS, 50%-owned company which manages the Company's logistics and transport operations, and De norske Bokklubbene AS, a 48.5%-owned book club. ''De norsk Bokklubbene AS''(Store norske leksikon)
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Executive officers

Since 1925, Gyldendal has been led by these people: *1925–1941:

*1942–1944: Tore Hamsun *1945–1970:

*1970–1980: Ingebrikt Jensen *1980–1990: Andreas Skartveit *1990–1995: Nils Kåre Jacobsen *1995–2015:

Geir Mork Geir Mork (born 29 August 1955) is a Norwegian literary researcher, businessperson and publisher. He was born in Ålesund. He was CEO of the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 1995 to 2015. He resides at Jar A jar is a rigid, cyli ...

*2016–present: John Tørres Thuv

References

External links

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Gyldendal ASA
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