Firda

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Firda
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Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Amedia (100%) [1]
Founder(s)Kristian Ulltang
Founded1917;107 years ago (1917)
Language Norwegian
Headquarters Sunnfjord
Circulation 11,972 (2013)
Website Firda

Firda is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Sunnfjord, Norway. [2]

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History and profile

Firda was founded in 1917 by Kristian Ulltang, who also was its first editor. The paper was published twice per week in the 1960s. [3] Its frequency was six times per week in the 1990s. [3] Its editor-in-chief is Jan Atle Stang. [4] [5]

In 1999 Firda was the recipient of the European Newspaper Award in the category of local newspaper. [6]

At the beginning of the 1960s the circulation of Firda was about 6,000 copies. [3] In the 1990s it had a circulation of about 15,000 copies, [3] [7] making it the major newspaper in Vestland. [3] In 2009 its circulation was 13,500 copies. [8] The 2013 circulation of the paper was 11,972 copies. [9]

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