Ove Vilhelm Tryde was born in Copenhagen and from 1894-97 worked at bookstores in Berlin, Paris and London, thereby consolidating his excellent language skills. In 1897 he joined his father’s bookshop, becoming a co-owner in 1901 co-owner, and the sole owner from 1913 until the company’s cessation in 1938. From 1909 he was a delegate at the International Publishers Congress, and he played a role in the reconstruction of the Congress after the First World War.
He continued to be involved in publishing after World War II chairing the Danish Booksellers’ Association and writing articles about the book trade. He also wrote the history of the International Congress 1913-31, contributing a number of photographs, which was published independently in 1947.