Pax Forlag

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Pax Forlag AS
Company type Public
Industry Publishing
Founded1964
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Bjørn Smith-Simonsen (publisher)
Astrid de Vibe (CEO)
Website www.pax.no

Pax Forlag is a Norwegian publishing house, established in 1964. [1]

The first manager was Tor Bjerkmann, who chaired the company from 1964 to 1972. [2]

Starting with Bjerkmann's new translation of George Orwell's Animal Farm , Pax published 150 quality paperback editions during its first three years of operation. [3]

Pax Forlag has issued a selected reprint of the "working class" encyclopaedia Arbeidernes Leksikon in 1974, and the political encyclopaedia Pax Leksikon (1978–1981).

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References

  1. "Pax Forlag AS". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. Tveterås, Egil. "Tor Bjerkmann". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. Forser, Tomas (23 January 2015). "Fremad i alle retninger. Historien om Pax handler om en bedrift i dobbel forstand". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian).