Nils Kåre Jacobsen Explained

Nils Kåre Jacobsen
Birth Date:20 February 1929
Birth Place:Bergen, Norway
Death Place:Bærum
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Publisher

Nils Kåre Jacobsen (20 February 1929  - 30 October 2008) was a Norwegian publisher.

He was born in Bergen to Oscar Jacobsen and Ragna Walde, and married Berit Scherven in 1957. He died in Bærum in 2008.

Jacobsen graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1951. He was manager of the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 1990 to 1995. He was member of the board of the Norwegian Publishers' Association from 1962 to 1972, and from 1990 to 1995. He was chairman of the board of De norske Bokklubbene, Kunnskapsforlaget and Tiden Norsk Forlag. Among his books are Med Rieber gjennom 75 år (1954), Bak kobberdøren. Gyldendal 1925–1975 from 1975, and biographies on Sigurd Hoel, Harald Grieg and Agnar Mykle.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Nils Kåre Jacobsen . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Egil . Tveterås . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 27 February 2016.
  2. Encyclopedia: Nils Kåre Jacobsen . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 27 February 2016.