Store norske leksikon

Norwegian-language online encyclopedia Store norske leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia)CountryNorwayLanguageNorwegianDisciplinenon-fiction, encyclopediaPublisherForeningen Store norske leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia Association)Published1906 (1906)–presentWebsitesnl.no The Store Norske Leksikon (English: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, abbreviated SNL) is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The SNL was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published Aschehougs konversasjonsleksikon [no] and Gyldendals konversasjonsleksikon [no], respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard,