Jacob Dybwad

Jacob Dybwad

Jacob Dybwad (20 July 1823 – 4 September 1899) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher, and a pioneer in the Norwegian publishing trade.

Personal life

He was born at Vækerø as a son of Jacob Erasmus Dybwad (1792–1854) and Christiane Lange (1795–1885). In June 1853 he married Anna Margrethe Grøntvedt Aabel (1831–1873), a daughter of vicar Peter Pavels Aabel.[1] They had several children.[2][3] Peter became a well-known architect, Bertram and Christian became booksellers, and Knut and Vilhelm Dybwad became barristers. Actresses Elsa and Johanne Dybwad were married into the family. In the next generation, Jacob Dybwad was a grandfather of Nils Juell Dybwad and Jacob Dybwad, Jr.

After the death of his first wife, he married Ingeborg Krog (1850–1930), a daughter of vicar Lorentz Ditlev Krog, in October 1876.[1]

Career

Dybwad was the publisher of the Norwegian almanac from 1877, and of Nordahl Rolfsen's readers for primary school in the 1890s.[4] He was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1897.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tveterås, Egil. "Jacob Dybwad". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ↑ 1865 Census
  3. ↑ 1875 Census
  4. ↑ "Jacob Dybwad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009.


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