Harald Grieg

Harald Grieg (* 1895, † 1972) was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of the Norsk Forlag Sansoni 1925-1970 and the brother of Nordahl Grieg.

He also served as the publisher of Knut Hamsun, who owned a majority of the shares of the publisher, with whom he had allowed the IPO of the publisher. Politically represented Grieg during the Second World War no no clear line. The publisher has published numerous authors of Nasjonal Samling. Grieg but declined from 1941 to apply for a license from the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and was subsequently arrested. He came in 1942 released through the intercession of Hamsun's wife Marie and his son gates, but was allowed to conduct the publisher by the end of the war, not back to where Tore Hamsun became acting director. The work of his brother Nordahl Grieg in resistance was together with his arrest in to secure the publisher a good reputation. 1945 broke Grieg with Hamsun, not to apply this as a collaborator. Later he changed his attitude and financed in 1948 by Hamsun's condemnation its fine by mortgage of shares and a retainer fee. After some hesitation, he published in 1949 On overgrown paths and in 1951 a new edition of the collected works of Hamsun. Today it still retains the publishing rights to Hamsun's works.

In 1958, Grieg received litteraturpris the Riksmålsforbundets.

Publications

En forleggers erindringer by Harald Grieg, Oslo ( 1971)