Swedish

Noun

förlag n

1. an investment, an expense, a kind of business enterprise where a large one-time production cost is financed upfront, by a förläggare ‎(“investor”), resulting in a store supply, upplag ‎(“stock”), which is later sold a piece over an extended time to regain the investment; typically applied to shipping and to book publishing, where the stock is called upplaga ‎(“edition”)

   på författarens eget förlag

   at the author's own expense, i.e. self-publishing

2. a publishing company (i.e. a company that regularly undertakes such ventures), a publisher, a publishing house

Declension

Usage notes

• For gramophone records and film, these publishing companies are called skivbolag and filmbolag instead of förlag.

Related terms

• bokförlag
• förlägga
• förläggare
• förlagsaffär
• tidningsförlag

See also

• imprint
• investering
• upplag
• upplaga
• utgåva
• utge

References

• Förlag in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed., 1882)