Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget AS (English: The University Press), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. The largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Originally the name of an independent publishing company founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950, which later merged with other publishing companies to become a subsidiary of Aschehoug in 2000.
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- 2000
- Headquarters
- Oslo
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Universitetsforlaget AS (English: The University Press), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press, is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. The largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Originally the name of an independent publishing company founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950, which later merged with other publishing companies to become a subsidiary of Aschehoug in 2000.
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• Name — Universitetsforlaget AS • Parent — Aschehoug • Founded — 2000 Predecessors founded in 1890, 1933 and 1950 • Country — Norway • Headquarters — Oslo • Keypeople — Hege Gundersen (CEO) • Publications — books, journals • Numemployees — Ca. 50 (2021) • Url — www.universitetsforlaget.no • Illustration — The offices of Aschehoug and Universitetsforlaget
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The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is Universitetsforlaget, founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950; the company purchased Swedish academic journal publisher Almqvist & Wiksell International in 1991. 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 Taylor & Francis 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
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- 1.About Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget). Universitetsforlaget.
- 2.Damm overtar Eden-rettigheter. Nationen. 1991-06-18.
- 3.Investegate Taylor & Francis Gp Announcements Taylor & Francis Gp: Scandinavian University Press Acquisition Complete.
- 4.Årets tidsskriftartikkel.
- 5.En voldelig relasjon som aldri tar slutt. 9 June 2022.
- 6.Alt i oss er rettet mot andre. 8 June 2023.
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- Egeland, Marianne: Med kunnskap skal landet bygges : Universitetsforlaget 1950–1990, 1996
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