The Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie (abbr. GNLE) is a Dutch-languageencyclopaedia based on the FrenchGrand Larousse encyclopédique, which appeared from 1971 to 1979 in 25 volumes. The project of publisherHeideland-Orbis (Hasselt) was larger in scope than its example, as well as the then existent Dutch encyclopaedias Winkler Prins and Oosthoek. Due to the cooperation with the publisher of the Larousse they could appeal to the extensive know-how of the French encyclopaedia and supplement it with the help from Dutch and Belgian experts.
Only a single edition of the Grote Nederlandse Larousse appeared.
Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie. Samenstellers: L. Nagels en L. Vandeschoor. 25 dln. A-Z 1972–79. Atlas, 1979. 2 supplementen 1980, 1983. 's-Gravenhage: Scheltens en Giltay (vanaf dl. 17: Hasselt: Heideland-Orbis / 's-Gravenhage: Scheltens en Giltay).