Albert
Bonnier (October 21, 1820, in Copenhagen – July 26, 1900, in
Stockholm
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) was a Swedish
book publisher
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and
entrepreneur
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An entreprene ...
.
Life
Albert Bonnier was the son of Gerhard Bonnier, a
Jewish
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merchant and his wife Ester (née Elkan). Gerhard Bonnier was born in
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
in 1778 as Gutkind Hirschel and later emigrated to
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
. There he changed his name to Bonnier and founded a publishing house.
Bonnier's older brother Adolf was from 1827 in
Gothenburg
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as a
bookseller
Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.
People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookdealers, book people, bookmen, or bookwomen.
History
The foundi ...
and moved two years later to
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
. Albert followed him and worked from 1839 to 1865 with his brother. In addition, he founded in 1837 a Förlagsbyrå, from 1858 as Albert Bonniers Förlag AB firmierte. The publishing house is today part of the resulting media
Bonnier Group
Bonnier AB (), also the Bonnier Group, is a Privately held company, privately held Swedish media conglomerate, media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family.
Background
The company was founded in ...
AB. For training purposes, he traveled from 1840 to two years to
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...
,
Vienna
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and Pest.
Albert Bonnier was married since 1854 with Betty Rubenson. Her daughter Eva Bonnier was a painter. Her son Karl Otto was also publisher and led from 1914 the father's company.
Bonnier edited and published the ''
Stockholms Figaro''
between 1844 and 1847
and ''
Sveriges Handelskalendar
Sveriges Handelskalendar, was a Swedish journal, business directory, which began publication in 1859.
It was published by Albert Bonnier. ''Bonnier added a number of strong titles, such as the Sveriges Handelskalendar, Folkkalendern Svea, the w ...
'',
[ which began in 1859.]
See also
*Bonnier family
The Bonnier family is a Sweden, Swedish family, originally of History of the Jews in Germany, German Jewish descent, who since the beginning of the 19th century has been active in the book/literature industry and later also in the mass media indus ...
References
Literature
*Bonnier, Albert. In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (ed.): ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon''. 2nd edition. Volume 1: A–K. Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 120 (Swedish, runeberg.org).
External links
Bonnier – historia
Swedish publishers (people)
Danish emigrants to Sweden
1820 births
1900 deaths
Swedish Jews
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