Per Gustaf Berg
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
literature
- Per Gustaf Berg . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : Armatoler – Bergsund . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1904, Sp. 1424 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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SURNAME | Berg, Per Gustaf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish publisher |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1805 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Uppsala |
DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1889 |
Place of death | Stockholm |