Universitetsforlaget AS (English: "The University Press"), also known in English as Scandinavian University Press,[1] is a Norwegian academic publishing company, which publishes non-fiction literature and journals mainly oriented to Scandinavia.
Universitetsforlaget is the largest academic press in Scandinavia, and is a wholly owned independently operated subsidiary of Aschehoug, founded in 1872.
The publishing house in its current form was established in 2000, and has two different origins: One is Universitetsforlaget, founded by Tønnes Andenæs in 1950; the company purchased Swedish academic journal publisher Almqvist & Wiksell International in 1991.
CEOs of Universitetsforlaget: The Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize (Norwegian: Årets tidsskriftartikkel – Universitetsforlagets tidsskriftpris) is a Nordic academic prize awarded by Universitetsforlaget to "recognise the best scholarship that is published in the Nordic countries."
A Nordic jury selects the recipient(s) on the basis of nominations from 42 academic journals.