Per I. Gedin

Per I. Gedin (born July 23, 1928, in Berlin) is a Swedish publisher and writer.

Biography

After Gedin received his bachelor's degree in art history from the Uppsala University, he began working at the Albert Bonnier Publishing House as the head of the Booksellers Book Club. The Booksellers Book Club was founded by Albert Bonnier when it was reprinted in 1942. In 1957, he presented an initiative publication of the first modern Swedish pocket book called 'Aldous books'. The Aldous books were soon expanded with the Dolphin series in separate publication, called the Aldous Publishing.

The Aldous books are a collection of scientific books from the Aldous / Bonnier Group. These books were pocket-sized and included different topics such as religion, astronomy, language, economics and geography.

The books were originally named just 'Aldous', but in 1967 it was renamed to the Aldous Books Series. Dolphin Books were also a series of books published by the publisher of Aldous Bonier in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. This collection included new translations as well as new versions of previous translations, Swedish literature, works of Nobel laureates in literature, writers of detective novels, short stories, poetry, and theatre scripts.

In 1961, Gedin became the owner and publisher of Wisterand and Walstrom's publications. He worked at Gedin Publication between the years 1987 to 1998. Over the years, he had learned and worked hard in the book industry.

He worked as a member of the board of directors in the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association from the years 1967 to 1979 and became the chairman of the association in the years of 1992–1993.