Magnus Wogelius Feilberg (30 January 1817 – 5 June 1899) was a Danish-born Norwegian bookseller and publisher.

Biography

Feilberg was born in

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 ...

, the son of Jens Christian Feilberg and Ovene Lucie Wogelius. He came to Norway in 1839. He was first employed by the

Gyldendal Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S, usually referred to simply as Gyldendal (), is a Danish publishing house. Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of ...

publishing house. In 1843 he founded ''Feilberg & Landmark'', a combined publishing house and bookstore, together with Jens Landmark (1817-1881). Feilberg was later among the founders of the

Norwegian Booksellers Association The Norwegian Booksellers Association () is a Norwegian interest group. Its purpose is "looking after the interests of the booksellers and working to strengthen the position of literature and books in society". It awards the annual Norwegian Book ...

in 1851, and chaired this organization from 1879 to 1886. After the death of Jens Landmark, the assets of the firm were acquired by Jacob Dybwad.

References

1817 births 1899 deaths People from Copenhagen Norwegian booksellers Norwegian book publishers (people) Danish emigrants to Norway

Magnus Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ...

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