Jacob Dybwad
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Jacob Dybwad was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher, and a pioneer in the Norwegian publishing trade. Dybwad was the publisher of the Norwegian almanac
from 1877, and of Nordahl Rolfsen
's readers
for primary school in the 1890s. He was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1897.
Almanac
An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc...
from 1877, and of Nordahl Rolfsen
Nordahl Rolfsen
Johan Nordahl Brun Rolfsen was a Norwegian writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker. He is best known for the series of five readers for elementary school, Læsebog for folkeskolen , which became the most widespread schoolbook in Norway.-Family:Rolfsen was born in Bergen...
's readers
Basal reader
Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works...
for primary school in the 1890s. He was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1897.