Per Gustaf Berg

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Per Gustaf Berg (born January 5, 1805 in Uppsala , † July 14, 1889 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish publisher .

Life

From 1821 Berg was a student at Uppsala University . From 1828 to 1842 he was a bookseller in Stockholm and then from 1843 to 1874 a printer and publisher. In 1875 Berg founded the publishing house Bokförlagsbyrån together with C. H. Fahlstedt .

Works

His publishing house published more than 500 books, among them the first encyclopedia in Swedish, the Svenskt konversations-lexikon in four volumes from 1845 to 1852.

Also published:

  • Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor , 1864–1866
  • Svenska ordnar, sällskaper och föreningar mm , 1873
  • Svenska minnen på utländska orter , 1874

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