Albert Cammermeyer

Who was Albert Cammermeyer?

Albert Cammermeyer was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher. He was a pioneer in Norwegian publishing and founder of Alb. Cammermeyers bokhandel og forlag.

Frederik Albert Cammermeyer was born in Innvik, in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He eventually moved to Christiania, and opened his own bookstore in 1867, later expanding into book publishing as well. In 1869, his enterprise became a supplier to the Parliamentary library. He chaired the Norwegian Booksellers Association from 1886 to 1891. He succeeded Magnus Feilberg, who had been one of the founders of the Association in 1851.

The bookstore and publishing house were sold in separate transactions to three of Cammermeyer's associates in 1888 and 1890 respectively. In 1965 the bookstore Cammermeyer founded was merged into the Norwegian bookstore chain, Tanum.

Today the publishing enterprise founded by Albert Cammermeyer is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Norwegian publishing company Cappelen Damm which was formed when the publishers JW Cappelen Publishing Co. and NW Damm & Søn AS in 2007.