Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkylˀn̩ˌtɛˀl]), is a Danish publishing house.
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq Copenhagen: GYLD A, GYLD B | |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Founder | Søren Gyldendal |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Morten Hesseldahl (CEO) Poul Erik Tøjner (Chairman) |
| Products | Books |
| Revenue | Net 863 million DKK (2017)[1] |
| 44,8 million DKK (2017) | |
Number of employees | 448 (as of 2017) |
| Subsidiaries | Rosinante & Co. A/S Publizon A/S EyeJustRead Forlaget Systime A/S |
| Website | www |
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. In 1925, a Norwegian publishing house named Gyldendal Norsk Forlag ("Gyldendal Norwegian Publishing House") was founded, having bought rights to Norwegian authors from Gyldendal.
Gyldendal is a public company and its shares are traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Copenhagen: 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. By 2008 it had decided that it needed another approach to support that online site.[2] Since February 2009 Gyldendal is publishing an online, subscription-free encyclopedia. [3]
Subsidiaries
editSubsidiaries include:
- Rosinante
- Høst & Søn
- Samlerens Forlag
- Forlaget Forum
- Forlaget Fremad
- Hans Reitzels Forlag
- Munksgaard
- Academica
- Systime
- Exlibris
- Gyldendals Bogklubber
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "5 års hovedtal for Gyldendal A/S" (in Danish). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Noam Cohen, "Start Writing the Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias", The New York Times, 16 March 2008
- ^ "Om Den Store Danske" [About the Great Danish] (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 21 February 2015.[self-published source]
External links
edit- Official website
- "'Gyldendalske Boghandel. Nordisk Forlag'. Aktieselskab". Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister. Central Business Register.