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Gyldendal
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Also known as Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag

thumb|right|Gyldendal Publishing House, Klareboderne 3, in Copenhagen. Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (), is a Danish publishing house.

Key facts

Company.industry
Publishing
Company.products
Books
Company.name
Gyldendal
Company.logo
Forlaget Gyldendal logo.jpg
Company.logo_size
250px
Company.type
Public
Company.traded_as
,
Company.foundation
1770
Company.founder
Søren Gyldendal
Company.location_city
Copenhagen
Company.location_country
Denmark
Company.key_people
Morten Hesseldahl (CEO) Poul Erik Tøjner(Chairman)
Company.revenue
Net 863 million DKK (2017)
Company.operating_income
44,8 million DKK (2017)
Company.num_employees
448 (as of 2017)
Company.subsid
Rosinante & Co. A/SPublizon A/SEyeJustReadForlaget Systime A/S

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
business
Country
Denmark
Employees
350
Legal form
aktieselskab
Official website
gyldendal.dk
Image
Klareboderne 3 København.jpg
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inception
1770-00-00
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thumb|right|Gyldendal Publishing House, Klareboderne 3, in Copenhagen. Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (), 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. 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gyldendal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.