Gyldendal

Gyldendal
Type Public (OMXGYLD A, GYLD B)
Industry Publishing
Founded 1770
Founder(s) Søren Gyldendal
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Key people Stig Andersen (CEO)
Henrik E. Nyegaard (Chairman)
Revenue 772.9 million DKK (2006)[1]
Operating income 112.2 million DKK (2006)
Employees 437 (2006)
Subsidiaries Nordisk Bog Center A/S
GB-Forlagene A/S
Gyldendal Akademisk A/S
Forlaget Systime A/S
Skolemedia A/S
Danmarkshistorien I/S
Lærerbogklubben I/S
Superpocket I/S
Website gyldendal.dk

Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, in Denmark usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (Danish pronunciation: [ˈgylˀəndæˀl]; OMXGYLD A, GYLD B) is a Danish publishing house. 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. In 1925, the company underwent a demerger which resulted in the creation of a separate, Norwegian publishing house, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag.

Gyldendal is a public company and its shares are traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

Gyldendal stopped the print version of it encyclopedia in 2006, focusing instead on selling paid subscriptions for its online encyclopedia. By 2008 it had decided that it needed another approach to support that online site.[2]

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries includes;

References

  1. ^ "Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S Årsrapport 2006" (in Danish) (PDF). Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080125151550/http://www.gyldendal.dk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/AboutView?catalogId=10002&storeId=10001&langId=1000&page=abt&pageType=2. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  2. ^ Noam Cohen, "Start Writing the Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias", New York Times, March 16, 2008

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