Gyldendal Norsk Forlag

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, which had previously been published by the Danish publishing house Gyldendal. Harald Grieg had a central role in this operation and became the new company's director, and Hamsun, who had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920, provided significant capital and became its largest shareholder.

The company publishes fiction, non-fiction, school books and children books. Gyldendal owns 50% of Kunnskapsforlaget, along with Aschehoug, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books, including the Store norske leksikon.[http://www.snl.no/Kunnskapsforlaget_ANS Kunnskapsforlaget ASA (Store norske leksikon)] Gyldendal also publishes the literary magazine Vinduet. The company is organised as a division of Gyldendal ASA, a holding company which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.[http://www.snl.no/Gyldendal_ASA Gyldendal ASA (Store norske leksikon)]

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS consists of the following four divisions: Gyldendal Litteratur, Gyldendal Undervisning, Gyldendal Akademisk and Gyldendal Rettsdata.

Gyldendal ASA ({{ose|GYL}}) is a Norwegian holding company active in 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;[http://www.snl.no/Ark_Bokhandel_AS Ark Bokhandel AS (Store norske leksikon)] Kunnskapsforlaget ANS, a 50%-owned book company that specializes in dictionaries and encyclopedias;[http://www.snl.no/Kunnskapsforlaget_ANS Kunnskapsforlaget ANS(Store norske leksikon)] Forlagssentralen ANS, 50%-owned company which manages the Company's logistics and transport operations,[http://www.snl.no/Forlagssentralen_ANS Forlagssentralen ANS(Store norske leksikon)] and De norske Bokklubbene AS, a 48.5%-owned book club.

[http://www.snl.no/Bokklubben_De_norske_Bokklubbene_AS De norsk Bokklubbene AS(Store norske leksikon)]

Since 1925, Gyldendal has been led by these people:

• 1925–1941: Harald Grieg
• 1942–1944: Tore Hamsun
• 1945–1970: Harald Grieg
• 1970–1980: Ingebrikt Jensen
• 1980–1990: Andreas Skartveit
• 1990–1995: Nils Kåre Jacobsen
• 1995–2015: Geir Mork
• 2016–present: John Tørres Thuv

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190413022632/https://www.gyldendal.no/ Gyldendal Norsk Forlag]
• [https://www.gyldendal.no/english/ Gyldendal ASA]

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