Aschehoug was a Danish book publisher, first part of

Aschehoug H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises o ...

and later

Egmont Group The Egmont Group (officially Egmont International Holding A/S; known as Gutenberghus Group until 1992) is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishi ...

, a major Danish media corporation. It was

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’s second largest

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with a revenue of approximately EUR 55 million (2003) and with a strong schoolbook publisher, Alinea, as part of the publishing house. With its schoolbook publisher Alinea and Forlag Malling Beck, Aschehoug command a strong position in the market for educational materials for Danish elementary and lower secondary

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History

In 1908, the Norwegian publishing house

expanded with a branch in

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. In 1926 this branch became ''Aschehoug Dansk Forlag''. In 1961, it was incorporated into the Egmont Group. In the 1990s it was known for its many biographies and memoirs among a wide range of publication types. In 2006, the publishing house had 160 employees and a turnover of DKK 470 million. DKK annually. In 2007, Egmont acquired the Danish publishing business of the Swedish Bonnier Group. On that occasion, Aschehoug merged them under the name Lindhardt og Ringhof.

References

Book publishing companies of Denmark {{Publish-corp-stub