Peter Tidemand Malling

Peter Tidemand Malling , (born November 20, 1807 , in Strømsø (now part of Drammen ), † April 19, 1878 in Kristiania ) was a Norwegian printer, publisher, bookseller and editor of newspapers.

Life

His parents were Michael Malling (1776-1834) and Maren Elisabeth Klein (1777-1856). His first marriage was on March 22, 1836, Ingeborg Theodora Iversen (1811–8 January 1838), daughter of Lensman Peder Iversen (1769–1844) and his wife Marthe Johannesdatter Bye (1779 – approx. 1848). With her he had the daughter Elisabeth Sofie Malling, who married a manufacturer. His second marriage was on August 17, 1843, Elisabeth Marie Moe (December 18, 1807– February 24, 1854), daughter of the clerk Hans Moe (1767–1814) and his wife Susanna Malling (1781–1856). In his third marriage on December 23, 1856, he married Betsy Wilhelmine Andrea Marie Cappelen (August 18, 1828 to December 12, 1903), daughter of the Sorenskrivers Johan Henrik Cappelen (1795-1850) and his wife Hanna Sophie Manthey (1805-1881). He had seven children with her.

After attending school in Strømsø, Malling went to Latin school in Drammen. But he was more interested in typographical art than in the old classics and did an apprenticeship with Drammen's first book printer, Carl F. Rode. In 1827 he finished this training. He then traveled to Amsterdam, where the mother's family lived. There he found work as a typesetter in a large printing company. In 1829 he was in Hans T. Winter's printing and lithographic establishment in Christiania. technical department head and founded his own publishing house for practical manuals, cookbooks, medical guides and similar useful literature. From 1835 to 1838 he was the technical manager in the new "Guldberg and Dzwonkowski printing works". In 1837 an inheritance enabled him to expand his activities. At the Winter printer he was in charge of printing the illustrated Norsk Penning magazine and at the “Guldberg und Dzwonkowskis Druckerei” for the illustrated Skilling magazine .

From 1838 he started his own business. In 1839 he began to publish the Dagbladet , a newspaper for trade, shipping and politics, which was soon discontinued. In 1840 he bought Ludvig Risum's printing works and moved with them to Tønsberg . There he published the newspaper Tønsbergs Mercur until 1841 . During this time he continued to run his publishing house in Christiania. Then he moved back to Christiania, bought a large piece of land for his publishing house and acquired civil rights as a printer. He also had a bookshop; it was Norway's first retail bookstore. For a long time, his publisher was the largest in the country with 15 to 20 books a year. He published textbooks for secondary schools and for the university from 1846 to 1859 the Norske almanakk and together with Cappelen also from 1866 to 1876. The circulation was 60,000. Many of the professors were among his scientific authors, such as the historian Peter Andreas Munch and the philologist Carl Richard Unger . Ivar Aasen's Norwegian grammar and the Norwegian dictionary were also part of his repertoire. He also advocated women's literature. He had already made the acquaintance of Henrik Wergeland in 1820 and published many of his works. For a while, Malling also managed the bank's banknote printing facility.

Malling founded the Norwegian Booksellers Association in 1851, was first vice-president, then president from 1870 until his death. He was also strongly committed to Nordic collaboration in his field. He was also a long member of the Christiania magistrate. He held a high degree with the Freemasons and sold or donated much of the lodge. He was also head of the "old poor house" in Christiania. In 1873 his son, Captain Theodor Malling, also worked in the company. Two years later the printing company was incorporated into a company with Aschehoug & Co, but kept the name "Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri".

literature

• Egil Tveterås: Peter T Malling . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon ; Retrieved January 4, 2010.

Individual evidence

The article is based on the Norsk biografisk leksikon . Other information is shown separately.

1. ↑ ^{a b} Family tree accessed on January 5, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Malling, Peter Tidemand . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape  17 : Lux-Mekanik . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 638 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
3. ↑ Malling, Peter Tidemand . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape  16 : Ludolf – Miel . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1924, p. 484-485 (Danish, runeberg.org ).