Henrik Groth

Henrik Johan Florentz Groth (11 October 1903 – 10 August 1983) was a Norwegian publisher and essayist, who was managing director of the Cappelen publishing company from 1947 to 1973.[1]

Henrik Groth in September 1958

Biography

Groth was born and grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Halfdan Emil Groth (1874–1929) and Valborg Haagaas (1879–1960). His father held senior positions in the Den Norske Creditbank and was later Managing Director of Skogeierbanken A/S. His first cousins included Henriette Bie Lorentzen, co-founder of Nansen Academy. [2]

He first became editor in the publication Vor verden which Ronald Fangen edited and Rivertons magasin edited by Sven Elvestad. He was hired in the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag in 1927 where he was first assigned to advertising.

During the German occupation of Norway he eventually joined the Norwegian resistance movement. As a member of Hjemmefrontens kulturutvalg, he took part in shaping the Norwegian culture policy to come after the war's end. He was arrested in January 1944, and was incarcerated at Grini concentration camp from March 1944 to March 1945.[3]

After the war's end, in 1945, Groth returned to his former post in Cappelen. He became director in 1947. He made a lasting mark ini 1948, founding the book series Cappelens upopulære skrifter. He retired in 1973. Groth was the chairman of the Norwegian Booksellers Association from 1950 to 1956, of the Norwegian Publishers Association from 1950 to 1956 and of the Foreningen Norden from 1959 to 1968. He was also a noted essayist of his own, and received the Fritt Ord Award in 1977.[4][5]

gollark: 980 millikrist.
gollark: Actually, it wouldn't be fine, hm.
gollark: Wait, no, that would be fine actually, I can make that do things.
gollark: Doesn't make sense. Imagine if someone made a contract thing for your fractional krist somehow; you paid it 1KST and got 100cKST out. How do the fees work?
gollark: I'm not sure how to usefully implement a fee without breaking all things ever horribly.

References
  1. "Henrik Groth". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. Sofie Rogstad. "Henriette Bie Lorentzen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. Egil Tveterås. "Henrik Groth". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. "Cappelens upopulære skrifter". Cappelen Damm. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Fritt Ord". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Nils Langhelle		 Chairman of Foreningen Norden in Norway
1959-1964		 Succeeded by
Harald Throne-Holst
Awards
Preceded by
Johan Vogt		 Recipient of the Fritt Ord Award
1977		 Succeeded by
Kim Friele


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