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Schildts Förlags Ab
FounderHolger Schildt
SuccessorSchildts & Söderströms
Country of originFinland
Not to be confused withBohlin & Co,which after 1928 was called Holger Schildts Förlags AB.

Schildts Förlags Abwas aSwedish-languagebook publisherinFinland.The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned bySvenska Folkskolans Vänner.On 1 February 2012, Schildts andSöderströmsmerged into one publishing house,Schildts & Söderströms.[1][2]

After an apprenticeship at his uncle's bookstore,[3]Holger Schildt[sv;fi]founded a publishing house inPorvooin 1913,[4]which was reorganized into Holger Schildts Förlags AB in 1919. In 1991, the publishing house merged with Editum, which published textbooks.[5]Among the publisher's fiction writers,Tove Janssonis internationally known; herMoominseries was published by the company.[6]Since 1987 it has also published Finnish-language literature, mainly translations but also original Finnish titles later on. A Finnish editorial office was established in 1996. Schildts was a partner inFörlagssystem Finland[sv]andAlfabeta Bokförlag[sv]in Sweden.[7]

The publisher's annual output was 30–40 titles for the general editorial staff, some 30 textbooks, 20–30 Finnish books, and partial editions from Sweden. The range included fiction, nonfiction, children's books and encyclopedias, including the encyclopediaUppslagsverket Finland.In nonfiction, Schildts focused oncultural historyin a broad sense. The proportion of nonfiction, novels and poetry was around 40–40–20, but varied from year to year. Typically between two and five debut authors were published each year, while around 150 first-time manuscripts were received.[8]

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  1. ^"Schildts & Söderströms"(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 12 February 2012.
  2. ^"Går ihop för att överleva".Svensk Bokhandel(in Swedish). 7 October 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2021.Retrieved20 December2021.
  3. ^Paro, Maj-britt (6 March 2012)."Tre förlag från en familj".Hufvudstadsbladet(in Swedish).Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2021.Retrieved20 December2021.
  4. ^"Schildt, Holger in Svenskt författarlexikon".Archivedfrom the original on 11 November 2021.
  5. ^"SCHILDTS & SÖDERSTRÖMS: Våren 2013"(in Swedish). Schildts & Söderströms.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2021.Retrieved20 December2021.
  6. ^"Mumin | Schildts Förlags Ab"(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.
  7. ^"Schildts förlag".schildts.fi(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 26 June 2010.
  8. ^Nygård, Bertel (1 May 2010). "Nästan alla nybörjare refuseras".Vasabladet(in Swedish).
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