Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, in Denmark usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (ˈgylˀəndæˀl; ) is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 publishing house. Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal

Søren Gyldendal

Søren Gyldendal was a Danish bookstore owner who in 1770 founded what was to become Denmark's largest publishing house, Gyldendal.-External links:* *...

, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of books including fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

, non-fiction

Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...

  and dictionaries

Dictionary

A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...

. In 1925, the company underwent a demerger

Demerger

Demerger is a form of corporate restructuring in which the an entity's business operations are segregated into one or more components. It is the converse of a merger or acquisition....

 which resulted in the creation of a separate, Norwegian publishing house, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, commonly referred to as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses .-Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS:Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS was founded in 1925...

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Gyldendal is a public company

Public company

This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...

 and its shares are traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Copenhagen Stock Exchange

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange or CSE is an international marketplace for Danish securities, including shares, bonds, treasury bills and notes, and financial futures and options...

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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.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries includes;

• Rosinante
• Høst & Søn
• Samlerens Forlag
• Forlaget Forum
• Forlaget Fremad
• Hans Reitzels Forlag
• Munksgaard Danmark
• Academica
• Systime
• Exlibris
• Nordisk Bog Center