Albert Bonnier

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Studio shot by Albert Bonnier, 1854

Albert Bonnier (born October 21, 1820 in Copenhagen , † July 26, 1900 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish book publisher and entrepreneur.

Life

Bonnier was the son of Gerhard Bonnier and his wife Ester (née Elkan). Gerhard Bonnier was born as Gutkind Hirschel in Dresden in 1778 and later emigrated to Copenhagen. There he changed his name to Bonnier and founded a publishing house.

Bonnier's older brother Adolf worked as a bookseller in Gothenburg from 1827 and moved to Stockholm two years later. Bonnier followed him and worked with his brother from 1839 to 1865. He also founded a Förlagsbyrå in 1837 , which from 1858 traded as Albert Bonniers Förlag AB . Today the publishing house is part of the media group Bonnier AB that emerged from it . From 1840 onwards, he traveled to Leipzig , Vienna and Pest for two years for training purposes .

Bonnier had been married to Betty Rubenson since 1854. Her daughter Eva Bonnier was a painter. Her son Karl Otto also became a publisher and ran his father's company from 1914.

literature

  • Bonnier, Albert . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 120 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bonnier, Albert . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 120 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Bonnier, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish book publisher and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1900
Place of death Stockholm