PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Establishment of the First Printing House in Norway (1643)

Source: Norwegian National Archives, via Digitalarkivet, Stattholderembetet 1572-1771, RA/EA-2870/Ac/L0001: Supplikasjons- og resolusjonsprotokoll, 1642-1650, s. 24b-25a.

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Establishment of the First Printing House in Norway (1643), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Trygge Nielsen, book printer, appeals to His Majesty or to Chancellor Christian Thomesen for regulations [with the request] that he may be promised to print almanacs [organized] according to the pole elevation [i.e., a way to calibrate the times of sunrise and sunset] as well as common school books, as they are in high demand in this country. An almanac costs 10 or 12 shillings, and ordinary books in Copenhagen costs 2 shillings less, [therefore] poor schoolchildren [in Norway] can no longer afford to buy books but must copy [the books] by hand.

 

I will follow His Majesty's decision in this matter as soon as his letter reaches me.

 




Translation by: Mersiha Bruncevic

    

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