Cappelen Damm Acquires Ordkommisjonen AS

Norwegian book publisher Cappelen Damm is acquiring all the shares of Ordkommisjonen AS, effective July 1. Ordkommisjonen produces print and audiobooks through its own imprint, Gammafon, as well as audiobooks for other book publishers in the Norwegian market.

“The acquisition will boost Cappelen Damm’s children’s activities with new skills and interest areas of rights, in particular related to audiobooks, picture books and other products related to well-known brands,” says Tom Harald Jenssen, CEO of Cappelen Damm.

Gammafon’s audiobook rights include all of Astrid Lindgren’s books as audio books and audio files, Gunilla Bergström’s Alfie Atkins books, Jujja Wieslander’s Mamma Moo and the Crow, Sven Nordqvist’s Pettson and Findus books and Martin Widmark’s the Whodunit Detective Agency books, among others.