Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a

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academic

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, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to

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. Universitetsforlaget is the largest

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, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Universitetsforlaget was originally the name of an independent publishing company founded by

Tønnes Andenæs Tønnes Madsson Andenæs (25 June 1923 – 22 February 1975) was a Norwegian jurist, book publisher and politician for the Labour Party. Biography He was born at Innvik in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. he was a son of vicar Mads Olsen Andenæs (18 ...

in 1950, that later merged with other publishing companies to become a subsidiary of Aschehoug in 2000.

History

The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is Universitetsforlaget, founded by

in 1950. The second origin is the publishing house Tanum-Norli, which is itself the result of the merger of two publishing companies founded in 1890 and 1933, respectively. In 1982 Aschehoug acquired Tanum-Norli, which was renamed Tano. In 2000, Tano and Universitetsforlaget merged under the name Universitetsforlaget. The international journals were sold to

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in the 2000s. Today, the publisher is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aschehoug and publishes books and academic journals in the Scandinavian languages. Universitetsforlaget has around 50 employees. The publishing house publishes around 80 academic journals and 140 books every year. CEOs of Universitetsforlaget: *2000–2002: Laila Stange *2002–2005: Arne Magnus *2005–2014 : Svein Skarheim *2014– : Hege Gundersen

Awards

Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize

The ''Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize'' ( no, Årets tidsskriftartikkel – Universitetsforlagets tidsskriftpris) is a Nordic academic prize awarded by Universitetsforlaget to "recognise the best scholarship that is published in the Nordic countries." A Nordic jury selects the recipient(s) on the basis of nominations from 42 academic journals. Each journal nominates the best article that was published in the journal in the past year. The recipients are: *2004: Trude Haugli *2005: Tord Larsen *2006: Erling E. Guldbrandsen *2007: *2008: Jens Chr. Andvig *2009: Tor A. Benjaminsen *2010: Audun Dybdahl *2011: Marianne Nordli Hansen *2012: Jon Haarberg *2013: *2014: Siemke Böhnisch *2015: Terje Tvedt *2016: , and Elin Borg *2017: *2018: *2019: Nora Simonhjell and *2020: Hendrik Storstein Spilker and Magnus Kongshaug Johannessen *2021:

Margunn Bjørnholt Margunn Bjørnholt (born 9 October 1958 in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian sociologist and economist. She is a research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and a professor of sociology at the Univers ...

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Article at snl.no

Article at caplex.no
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History

Awards

Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize

See also

Further reading

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