J.W. Cappelens Forlag, usually referred to as Cappelen, was one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway. J.W. Cappelens Forlag was founded in 1829 by Jørgen Wright Cappelen, of the distinguished Cappelen family.

Torger Baardseth Torger Baardseth (23 September 1875 – 21 October 1947) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher. Background Torger Baardseth was born at Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. His parents were Nils Baardseth (1839–1920) and Gunda Elisa Morris ...

was the director of Cappelen between 1904 and 1943. JW Cappelens Publishing was taken over by the Swedish media group Bonnier in 1987. In 2007 it merged with N.W. Damm & Søn, another old Norwegian publishing house, to become

Cappelen Damm Cappelen Damm AS is a Norwegian publisher established in 2007. The present company resulted from the merger of J.W. Cappelens Forlag, founded in 1829, and N.W. Damm & Søn, founded in 1843. Cappelen Damm is jointly owned by the Bonnier Group ...

. Its last CEO was

Sindre Guldvog Sindre Guldvog (born 21 March 1955) is a Norwegian publisher. He was born in Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020 ...

. NW Damm & Son was founded in 1843 by Niels Wilhelm Damm. It was taken over by the Danish media group Egmont in 1984. It previously merged with Hjemmets publishing in 2001.''Hjemmets Bokforlag'' (Store norske leksikon)
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