Norli (bookshop)
Norli Libris, is a Norwegian bookstore chain that owns both Norli and Libris book stores. Norli Libris owns bookstores in the Norli chain directly, while the Libris stores are mainly owned by individuals. Founded in 2000 as Norli Gruppen AS (renamed to Norli Group), later merging to become Norli Libris AS, it is one of the largest bookshop chains in Norway. One of Norli's bookshops in the city center of Oslo has around 60,000 different titles, making it one of the largest selections of books in Scandinavia. They sell books both in Norwegian and other languages. History 1999-2009 Norli Gruppen AS was formed in 1999 & 2000 by Lauritzen Bokhandel and Aschehoug merging their stores. The company was under the leadership of Arild Lauritzen. The company becomes the Lauritzen-Norli Group; this was later renamed to the Norli Group in 2001. Both founding companies had 50% ownership. Later on, Lauritzen-Norli bought many bookstores in Norway and also opened a large number of new stores which were mainly in shopping centers. 2009–2010 Up until 2009, Norli Group was owned half and half by Aschehoug & Co. and the Lauritzen family. Arild Lauritzen was the chairman until Q3 of 2008 when William Nygaard