Frederik Vilhelm Hegel (11 May 1817 – 27 December 1887) was a Danish bookseller and publisher. He was born in

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. He started working for the bookstore

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at the age of fifteen, and took over the company in 1850. Under his leadership Gyldendal published many of the most important Norwegian writers, including Bjørnson,

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and

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. Hegel also published a number of dictionaries, periodicals and school books.

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1817 births 1887 deaths People from Fredensborg Municipality 19th-century Danish publishers (people) {{denmark-bio-stub