Schildts

Schildts Förlags Ab
FounderHolger Schildt
SuccessorSchildts & Söderströms
Country of originFinland
Not to be confused with Bohlin & Co, which after 1928 was called Holger Schildts Förlags AB.

Schildts Förlags Ab was a Swedish-language book publisher in Finland. The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner. On 1 February 2012, Schildts and Söderströms merged into one publishing house, Schildts & Söderströms.[1][2]

After an apprenticeship at his uncle's bookstore,[3] Holger Schildt [sv; fi] founded a publishing house in Porvoo in 1913,[4] which was reorganized into Holger Schildts Förlags AB in 1919. In 1991, the publishing house merged with Editum, which published textbooks.[5] Among the publisher's fiction writers, Tove Jansson is internationally known; her Moomin series was published by the company.[6] Since 1987 it has also published Finnish-language literature, mainly translations but also original Finnish titles later on. A Finnish editorial office was established in 1996. Schildts was a partner in Förlagssystem Finland [sv] and Alfabeta Bokförlag [sv] in Sweden.[7]

The publisher's annual output was 30–40 titles for the general editorial staff, some 30 textbooks, 20–30 Finnish books, and partial editions from Sweden. The range included fiction, nonfiction, children's books and encyclopedias, including the encyclopedia Uppslagsverket Finland. In nonfiction, Schildts focused on cultural history in a broad sense. The proportion of nonfiction, novels and poetry was around 40–40–20, but varied from year to year. Typically between two and five debut authors were published each year, while around 150 first-time manuscripts were received.[8]

  1. ^ "Schildts & Söderströms" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Går ihop för att överleva". Svensk Bokhandel (in Swedish). 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ Paro, Maj-britt (6 March 2012). "Tre förlag från en familj". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Schildt, Holger in Svenskt författarlexikon". Archived from the original on 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ "SCHILDTS & SÖDERSTRÖMS: Våren 2013" (in Swedish). Schildts & Söderströms. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Mumin | Schildts Förlags Ab" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Schildts förlag". schildts.fi (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 June 2010.
  8. ^ Nygård, Bertel (1 May 2010). "Nästan alla nybörjare refuseras". Vasabladet (in Swedish).