J.W. Cappelens Forlag, usually referred to as Cappelen, was one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway.

J.W. Cappelens Forlag was founded in 1829 by Jørgen Wright Cappelen

Jørgen Wright Cappelen

-Personal life:Jørgen Wright Cappelen was born in Porsgrund in 1805 as the ninth and last child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall . His maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall, and as such his group of uncles included Constitutional...

, of the distinguished Cappelen family

Cappelen (family)

Cappelen is the surname of a prominent Norwegian family of merchants, land owners, civil servants and politicians. In the 18th and 19th century, it was one of the so-called patrician families in Norway, i.e...

. Torger Baardseth

Torger Baardseth

Torger Baardseth was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher.-Background:Torger Baardseth was born in Bærum in Akershus county, Norway. His parents were Nils Baardseth and Gunda Elisa Morris . After middle school examination in 1891, he was an apprentice at P. T.Malling bokhandel in Christiania...

 was the director of Cappelen between 1904 and 1943. JW Cappelens Publishing was taken over by the Swedish media group Bonnier in 1987. In 2007 it merged with N.W. Damm & Søn, another old Norwegian publishing house, to become Cappelen Damm

Cappelen Damm

Cappelen Damm is a Norwegian publisher established in 2007. It is the result of the merger of J.W. Cappelens Forlag, founded in 1829, and N.W. Damm & Søn, founded in 1843. Cappelen Damm is owned by the Bonnier Group and Egmont....

. Its last CEO was Sindre Guldvog

Sindre Guldvog

Sindre Guldvog is a Norwegian publisher.He was born in Trondheim, and graduated as siv.øk. in 1977. From 1988 he was the CEO of the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag. When Cappelen merged with Damm in 2007, Tom Harald Jenssen became the CEO of the new company Cappelen Damm...

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NW Damm & Son was founded in 1843 by Niels Wilhelm Damm. It was taken over by the Danish media group Egmont in 1984. It previously merged with Hjemmets publishing in 2001.