Universitetsforlaget

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The offices of Aschehoug and Universitetsforlaget

Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known as Scandinavian University Press,^[1] is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals. Universitetsforlaget is the main academic press in Norway, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug.

The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is , founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950. The second origin comes from 1982, when Aschehoug took over the publishing house , which then became a publisher of textbooks and schoolbooks named . In 2000, Tano and some subdivisions of Universitetsforlaget merged. The international journals were instead sold to Taylor & Francis.^[2] Today, the publisher is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aschehoug.

Universitetsforlaget had 33 employees in 2007. The publishing house publishes about 140 new and revised books and journals every year. The so-called Universitetsforlagets faglitterære pris ("University Press' non-fiction award") and Universitetsforlagets tidsskriftpris ("University Press' journal award") are also given by Universitetsforlaget annually.

CEOs of Universitetsforlaget through the years:

• 2000–2002: Laila Stange
• 2002–2005: Arne Magnus
• 2005–2014 : Svein Skarheim
• 2014- : Hege Gundersen

See also[]

• Journals published by Universitetsforlaget
• Open access in Norway

Further reading[]

• Egeland, Marianne: Med kunnskap skal landet bygges : Universitetsforlaget 1950–1990, 1996

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Norwegian)
• Article at snl.no (in Norwegian)
• Article at caplex.no (in Norwegian)