Pax Forlag

Pax Forlag AS
Type	Public
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1964
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway
Key people	Bjørn Smith-Simonsen (publisher); Astrid de Vibe (CEO)
Website	www.pax.no

Pax Forlag is a Norwegian publishing house, established in 1964.^[1]

The first manager was Tor Bjerkmann, who chaired the company from 1964 to 1972.^[2]

Starting with Bjerkmann's new translation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, Pax published 150 quality paperback editions during its first three years of operation.^[3]

Pax Forlag has issued a selected reprint of the "working class" encyclopaedia Arbeidernes Leksikon in 1974, and the political encyclopaedia Pax Leksikon (1978–1981).

References[]

^ "Pax Forlag AS". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
^ Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ Forser, Tomas (23 January 2015). "Fremad i alle retninger. Historien om Pax handler om en bedrift i dobbel forstand". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian).

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[snl-1] "Pax Forlag AS". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

[2] Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[3] Forser, Tomas (23 January 2015). "Fremad i alle retninger. Historien om Pax handler om en bedrift i dobbel forstand". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian).

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