Bonnier family

The Bonnier family is a Swedish family, originally of German Jewish descent,[1] who since the beginning of the 19th century has been active in the book industry and later also in the mass media industry.

[2][3][4] The earliest known member of the patriarchal line of the family was a cloth salesman named Jacob Schye (born 1674), who was from the town of Sobědruhy (Soborten) in Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic).

His son, the jeweler Löbel Schie (1718–1790), fathered the jeweler and coin dealer Löbel Salomon Hirschel (born 1745).

There, Gerhard started a small book store in 1804.

[3] Gerhard's oldest son, Adolf Bonnier (1806–1867), moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1827 to expand the family business.