Gyldendal
Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal, is a Danish publishing house. • Illustration — Gyldendal Publishing House, Klareboderne 3, in Copenhagen. Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of books including fiction, non-fiction and dictionaries. Prior to 1925, it was also the leading publishing house in Norway, and it published all of Henrik Ibsen's works.
Also recorded as Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag
Gyldendal
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- Name
- Gyldendal
- Founded
- 1770
- Headquarters
- Klareboderne
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In 1925, a Norwegian publishing house named Gyldendal Norsk Forlag ("Gyldendal Norwegian Publishing House") was founded, having bought rights to Norwegian authors from Gyldendal. A public company and its shares are traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (GYLD A, GYLD B). Gyldendal stopped the print version of their encyclopedia in 2006, focusing instead on selling paid subscriptions for its online encyclopedia, Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. In February 2009 Gyldendal began publishing the encyclopedia online using a subscription-free advertising model. In 2017 the online encyclopedia was closed and in 2020 its contents were included in Lex, another online encyclopedia.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gyldendal • Type — Public • Traded As — GYLD A, GYLD B • Founded — 1770 • Founder — Søren Gyldendal • Hq Location City — Copenhagen • Hq Location Country — Denmark • Key People — Morten Hesseldahl (CEO) Poul Erik Tøjner (Chairman) • Industry — Publishing • Products — Books • Revenue — Net 863 million DKK (2017) • Operating Income — 44,8 million DKK (2017) • Num Employees — 448 (as of 2017) • Subsidiaries — Rosinante & Co. A/S Publizon A/S EyeJustRead Forlaget Systime A/S • Website — http: www.gyldendal.dk
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Gyldendal is an organisation recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (established 1770). The founding of Gyldendal is recorded in 1770; the seat is recorded as Kopenhagen by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Kristiania by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries include: • Rosinante • Høst & Søn • Samlerens Forlag • Forlaget Forum • Forlaget Fremad • Hans Reitzels Forlag • Munksgaard • Academica • Systime • Exlibris • Gyldendals Bogklubber
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Gyldendal established.
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1770
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