Forlagssentralen

Forlagssentralen AS is a book distribution and logistics company in Norway. Its services cover goods receipt, storage, dispatch, transport and returns processing. Customers get access to a portal with sales and stock reports and tools for placing and uploading orders.

Customers include about 230 publishers, online retailers such as ARK.no, Frisk.no and De Norske Bokklubbene, and other booksellers and retailers. The company also serves as the central warehouse for the ARK chain and Almanakkforlaget, and offers finance, payroll and accounting services to its customers.

The company was registered in 2022 and is headquartered in Langhus, Norway, where its distribution centre is located in the Regnbuen industrial area. It delivers over 10 million books and goods a year to booksellers and other retailers, and over 3 million to private customers and businesses. Its predecessors date back to Bokcentralen (1922) and Forlagssentralen ANS (1964). Forlagssentralen AS has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Gyldendal ASA since Gyldendal bought out the share held by H. Aschehoug & Co in 2021.

Product: Warehousing, order fulfilment, transport and returns handling for book publishers and retailers, with a customer portal for reports and orders