Universitetsforlaget

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Universitetsforlaget AS

Parent company	Aschehoug
Founded	2000 Predecessors founded in 1890, 1933 and 1950
Country of origin	Norway
Headquarters location	Oslo
Key people	Hege Gundersen (CEO)
Publication types	books, journals
No. of employees	Ca. 50 (2021)
Official website	www.universitetsforlaget.no

Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press,^[1] is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia. Universitetsforlaget is the largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872. Universitetsforlaget was originally the name of an independent publishing company founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950, which later merged with other publishing companies to become a subsidiary of Aschehoug in 2000.