Jacob Dybwad was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher as well as a pioneer in the publishing trade.
10 Facts About Jacob Dybwad
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Jacob Dybwad was the son of Jacob Erasmus Dybwad and Christiane Lange.
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Jacob Dybwad's father was an attorney and later a merchant.
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Dybwad joined the firm and in 1852, when the publisher was sold, Dybwad took over the bookstore.
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Jacob Dybwad made close contact with the university and in 1858 became commissioner for the writings of the newly established Science Society in Christiania.
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Jacob Dybwad was the publisher of the Norwegian almanac from 1877, and of Nordahl Rolfsen's readers for primary school in the 1890s.
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Jacob Dybwad played a central role when the Norwegian Bookstores Association was founded in 1851.
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Jacob Dybwad was a member of the board of directors from 1853 until 1896.
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Jacob Dybwad was appointed Knight of the Order of St Olav in 1897.
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Jacob Dybwad died in 1899 and was buried at Var Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.