List of newspapers in Norway
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The number of national daily newspapers in Norway was 96 in 1950, whereas it was 83 in 1965.[1] A total of 191 newspapers was published in 1969.[2] There were 221 newspapers in the country in 1996.[3] The number of the newspaper was 233 in the country in 1999.[4] The Institute for Information and Media Science at the University of Bergen listed 296 newspapers in 2003. There were 297 titles in 2012.[2]
Categories[]
Norwegian newspapers fall into several categories:
- National newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in all regions.
- Political party newspapers, i.e., those that function more or less as a party or political movement's mouthpiece.
- Regional newspapers, i.e., those that target readers in a geographic area.
- Tabloid and broadsheet papers.
Newspapers[]
Following is a sample of newspapers published in Norway.
Newspaper | Category | Frequency[5] | Circulation (2014)[5] | Owner (in 2014) [5] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adresseavisen ("Adressa") | regional | daily | 75,835 | Adresseavisen ASA | |
Aftenposten | national | daily | 250,179 | Aftenposten AS | Circulation numbers are for the national morning edition. The regional evening edition's circulation is 155,366 (ranked 4th). |
Agder | regional | twice a week | 8,479 | Avisen Agder AS | |
Agderposten | regional | daily | 23,329 | AS Agderposten | |
Akershus Amtstidende ("Amta") | regional | daily | 8,621 | Akershus Amtstidende AS | |
Andøyposten | regional | twice a week | 2,010 | Andøyposten AS | |
Askøyværingen | regional | twice a week | 5,311 | Askøyværingen AS | |
Avisa Nordland | regional | daily | 23,716 | Avisa Nordland AS | |
Bergens Tidende | regional | daily | 83,086 | Bergens Tidende AS | |
Bergensavisen | regional | daily | 27,406 | Bergensavisen AS | |
Bladet Tromsø | regional | 11,071 (2003) | |||
Bladet Vesterålen | regional | daily | 9,692 | Bladet Vesterålen AS | |
Bondebladet | national | weekly | 82,995 (2003) | agriculture | |
regional | daily | 4,516 | Brønnøysunds Avis AS | ||
Budstikka | regional | daily | 28,264 | Asker og Bærums Budstikke ASA | |
Dag og Tid | national | 6,982 | Nynorsk | ||
Dagbladet | national | daily | 105,255 | AS Dagbladet | tabloid |
Dagen | national | daily | 10,842 | Dagbladet Dagen AS | conservative Christian |
Dagens Næringsliv | national | daily | 81,391 | Dagens Næringsliv AS | business |
Dagsavisen | national | daily | 29,041 | Stiftelsen Dagsavisen | social democratic |
Dalane Tidende | regional | twice a week | 8,418 | Dalane Tidende og Egersunds Avis AS | |
Demokraten | regional | twice a week | 8,282 | Demokraten AS | |
Drammens Tidende | regional | daily | 40,954 | Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad AS | |
regional | twice a week | 4,217 | Driva-Trykk AS | ||
Enebakk Avis | regional | weekly | 2,984 | Enebakk Avis AS | |
Fanaposten | regional | twice a week | 4,403 | Fanaposten AS | |
Finnmark Dagblad | regional | daily | 8,813 | Finnmark Dagblad AS | |
Finnmarken | regional | daily | 7,169 | Dagbladet Finnmarken AS | |
Firda | regional | daily | 13,875 | Avishuset Firda AS | |
Firda Tidend | regional | twice a week | 3,056 | Avisdrift Gloppen A/S | |
Firdaposten | regional | twice a week | 5,484 | Firdaposten AS | |
national | fisheries | ||||
national | fisheries | ||||
Fjordabladet | regional | twice a week | 2,800 | Fjordabladet AS | |
Fjordenes Tidende | regional | twice a week | 5,485 | Fjordenes Tidende AS | |
Fjordingen | regional | twice a week | 4,285 | Fjordingen AS | |
Fjuken | regional | weekly | 4,075 | Skjåk Mediautvikling AS | |
Framtid i nord | regional | twice a week | 5,303 | Mediaselskapet Nord-Norge Samkjøringen AS | |
Fredriksstad Blad | regional | daily | 23,442 | Fredriksstad Blad AS | |
Fremover | regional | daily | 8,835 | Fremover AS | |
Friheten | national | weekly | 2,800 | Norges Kommunistiske Parti | communist |
Fædrelandsvennen | regional | daily | 41,326 | Fædrelandsvennen AS | |
Gjesdalbuen | regional | weekly | |||
Glåmdalen | regional | daily | 19,370 | Glåmdalen AS | |
Grannar | regional | 3,883 | 139 | ||
Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen | regional | 28,003 | 22 | ||
Halden Arbeiderblad | regional | 9,494 | 64 | social democratic | |
Hallingdølen | regional | ||||
Hamar Arbeiderblad | regional | 28,490 | 21 | social democratic | |
Hamar Dagblad | regional | 4,607 | 123 | ||
Harstad Tidende | regional | 14,749 | 42 | ||
Haugesunds Avis | regional | 34,811 | 13 | ||
Helgeland Arbeiderblad | regional | 9,402 | |||
Indre Akershus Blad | regional | 7,035 | 85 | ||
Jarlsberg Avis | regional | 3,288 | 149 | ||
Jærbladet | regional | ||||
Klassekampen | national | daily | 12,109 | Klassekampen AS | socialist |
online only | |||||
Kvinnheringen | regional | ||||
Laagendalsposten | regional | 10,823 | 55 | ||
Levanger-Avisa | regional | 4,706 | 121 | ||
Lofotposten | regional | 8,208 | 72 | ||
Lofot-Tidende | regional | ||||
Magazinet | national | conservative Christian | |||
Morgenbladet | national | 8,255 | 70 | conservative | |
Moss Avis | regional | 16,169 | 35 | ||
Moss Dagblad | regional | 7,551 | 80 | ||
Møre-Nytt | regional | twice a week | 5,526 | Møre-Nytt AS | |
Nationen | national | 16,987 | 34 | agriculture | |
Nettavisen | online only | ||||
Nordlys | regional | 29,437 | 19 | ||
Norge Idag | national | conservative Christian | |||
Ny Tid | national | 4,519 (2003) | socialist | ||
Nye Troms | regional | twice a week | 5,051 | Nye Troms AS | |
Opdalingen | regional | twice a week | 2,655 | Opdalingen AS | |
Oppland Arbeiderblad | regional | daily | 26,578 | Oppland arbeiderblad AS | social democratic |
online only | music | ||||
Porsgrunns Dagblad | regional | daily | |||
Rana Blad | regional | daily | 10,622 | AS Rana Blad | |
Ringerikes Blad | regional | 12,787 | 47 | ||
Rjukan Arbeiderblad | regional | ||||
Rogalands Avis | regional | 12,787 | 47 | ||
Romerikes Blad | regional | daily | 38,337 | 11 | |
Romsdals Budstikke | regional | daily | 18,639 | 32 | |
Saltenposten | regional | twice a week | 4,032 | 133 | |
Sandefjords Blad | regional | daily | |||
Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad | regional | daily | 14,578 | Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad AS | social democratic |
Sogn Avis | regional | daily | 10,085 | Sogningen/Sogns Avis AS | |
Stavanger Aftenblad | regional | daily | 68,010 | Stavanger Aftenblad ASA | |
Strandbuen | regional | twice a week | 4,354 | Strandbuen AS | |
Sunnhordland | regional | daily | 7,832 | Bladet Sunnhordland AS | |
Sunnmørsposten | regional | daily | 32,667 | SUnnmørsposten AS | |
Svalbardposten | regional | weekly | 3,095 | Stiftelsen Svalbardposten | |
Telemarksavisa | regional | daily | 22,282 | Telemarksavisa AS | |
The Foreigner | online only | online, English | |||
The Oslo Times | online only | online, English | |||
Tidens Krav | regional | daily | 15,412 | Tidens Krav AS | |
TradeWinds | international | 7,800 | maritime business | ||
Troms Folkeblad | regional | daily | 7,779 | Troms Folkeblad AS | |
Trønder-Avisa | regional | daily | 23,142 | ||
Tysvær Bygdeblad | regional | weekly | |||
Tønsbergs Blad | regional | daily | 29,785 | Edda Vestfold AS | |
Upstream | international | 6,500 (2003) | |||
Varden | regional | daily | 26,091 | Varden AS | |
Varingen | regional | ||||
VG | national | daily | 284,414 | Verdens Gang AS | tabloid |
Vest-Telemark Blad | regional | twice a week | 5,530 | Vest-Telemark Blad AS | |
Vesteraalens Avis | regional | twice a week | 2,388 | Vesterålens Avis AS | |
VestNytt | regional | twice a week | 6,143 | Vestnytt AS | |
Vårt Land | national | daily | 26,344 | Avisen Vårt Land AS | Christian |
regional | weekly | 70,000 | Nordstrands Blad AS | ||
Østlandets Blad | regional | ||||
Østlands-Posten | regional | ||||
Østlendingen | regional |
Online editions[]
The Institute for Journalism provides a directory of online newspapers.
References[]
- ^ Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Production grants for news and current affairs media" (PDF). Ministry of Culture. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Media in Norway" (Guideline). Regjeringen. 31 August 1996. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Norway". Press Reference. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Willings 2015
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