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Parent company | Aschehoug |
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Founded | 2000 Predecessors founded in 1890, 1933 and 1950 |
Country of origin | Norway |
Headquarters location | Oslo |
Key people | Hege Gundersen (CEO) |
Publication types | books, journals |
No. of employees | Ca. 50 (2021) |
Official website | www.universitetsforlaget.no |
Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press,[1] is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. Universitetsforlaget is the largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Universitetsforlaget was 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.