1537* | Ordinance on the Production and Use of Books in Printed Form, Denmark–Norway |
1539 | Appointment of Academic Printer at the University of Copenhagen |
1552 | Letter Concerning the Danish Bible |
1565 | Lauritz Benedicht's Printing Monopoly |
1572 | Privilege for Petrus Johannis Godhus |
1596* | Total Ban on Book Imports, Denmark–Norway |
1617 | Continued Ban on Possessing, Selling or Distributing Imported Books, Denmark–Norway |
1643* | Establishment of the First Printing House in Norway |
1670 | Exclusive Rights to the Book Trade in Christiania |
1684* | Renewed Swedish Censorship Laws Commentary: [1] |
1686 | Abolition of All Monopolies in the Book Trade in Norway Commentary: [1] |
1688 | Establishment of a Printing Press in Iceland |
1688 | Laws Concerning Printing, Censorship, and Distribution of Books and Almanacs, Denmark–Norway |
1701* | Censorship Instruction for Newspapers, Denmark–Norway Commentary: [1] |
1721 | Printer Joachim Wielandt's Privilege for Popular Chapbooks, Denmark–Norway Commentary: [1] |
1723 | Freedom to Print Non-Privileged Books, Denmark–Norway |
1737 | Privilege of Printing Pontoppidan's Catechism Granted to the Royal Orphanage |
1741* | The Danish Copyright Ordinance Commentary: [1] |
1748 | Privilege Granted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to Print Almanacs |
1752 | Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industry in Sweden |
1764 | Licence to Establish an Office of Advertisements in the City of Bergen Commentary: [1] |
1766* | The Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance Commentary: [1] |
1770 | Abolishment of Censorship Commentary: [1] |
1771 | Rescript Limiting the Freedom Allowed by the 1770 Legislation Commentary: [1] |
1773 | Rescript on Post-Publication Censorship Commentary: [1] |
1799* | Renewed Censorship Legislation, Denmark–Norway |
1810 | Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance Commentary: [1] |
1812* | Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance |
1841 | Swedish Ordinance on the Limitation of Terms of Protection Commentary: [1] |
1876 | Book Printer H. J. Jensen vs. The Poet Henrik Ibsen |
1876 | Act on the Protection of Written Property, Norway |
1877* | Swedish Copyright Act Commentary: [1] |
1896 | Regarding Norway’s Accession to the Berne Convention |