Universitetsforlaget
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Parent company | Aschehoug |
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Founded | 2000 |
Country of origin | Norway |
Headquarters location | Oslo |
Key people | Hege Gundersen (CEO) |
Publication types | books, journals |
No. of employees | 41 (2017) |
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. Universitetsforlaget is the largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug.
History
The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is Universitetsforlaget, founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950. The second origin comes from 1982, when Aschehoug took over the publishing house Tanum-Norli, which then became a publisher of textbooks and schoolbooks named Tano. In 2000, Tano and some subdivisions of Universitetsforlaget merged. The international journals were instead sold to Taylor & Francis.[2] Today, the publisher is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aschehoug.
Universitetsforlaget had 33 employees in 2007. The publishing house publishes about 140 new and revised books and journals every year. The so-called Universitetsforlagets faglitterære pris ("University Press' non-fiction award") and Universitetsforlagets tidsskriftpris ("University Press' journal award") are also given by Universitetsforlaget annually.
CEOs of Universitetsforlaget through the years:
- 2000–2002: Laila Stange
- 2002–2005: Arne Magnus
- 2005–2014 : Svein Skarheim
- 2014- : Hege Gundersen
Awards
The Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize (Norwegian: Årets tidsskriftartikkel – Universitetsforlagets tidsskriftpris) is a Nordic academic prize awarded by Universitetsforlaget to "recognise the best scholarship that is published in the Nordic countries." A Nordic jury selects the recipient(s) on the basis of nominations from 42 academic journals. Each journal nominates the best article that was published in the journal in the past year.[3]
See also
Further reading
- Egeland, Marianne: Med kunnskap skal landet bygges : Universitetsforlaget 1950–1990, 1996
References
- ^ "About Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget)". Universitetsforlaget. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Investegate |Taylor & Francis Gp Announcements | Taylor & Francis Gp: Scandinavian University Press Acquisition Complete". Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "Årets tidsskriftartikkel". Retrieved 2 June 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Article at snl.no (in Norwegian)
- Article at caplex.no (in Norwegian)