Flensborg Avis

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Flensborg Avis
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TypeDaily newspaper (six times per week)
Format Berliner
Owner(s)Flensborg Avis AG
PublisherFlensborg Avis AG
Editor-in-chiefJørgen Møllekær
Founded1 October 1869
Political alignmentNone
LanguageDanish (2/3) and German (1/3)
Headquarters Flensburg, Germany
Website fla.de

Flensborg Avis is a Danish language daily newspaper, published in Flensburg (Danish : Flensborg), Germany. It regularly cooperates with Flensburger Tageblatt , a German majority newspaper in the city, and Der Nordschleswiger , a German minority newspaper published in Denmark.

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History and profile

Flensborg Avis was first published on 1 October 1869 in Flensburg by members of the Danish minority in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. [1] The paper represents the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig. [1] [2] The headquarters of the paper is in Flensburg [3] and there are local editorial offices in the towns of Schleswig (Slesvig), Husum and Niebüll (Nibøl). [1] The paper is published in Berliner format six times per week. [1]

During the Nazi rule in Germany the German supplement of Flensborg Avis, Der Schleswiger, was suspended several times. [4]

Since 1974 the paper has a German language section as well. In addition, Flensborg Avis is co-owner of Radio Schleswig-Holstein, a private radio station in Northern Germany, which broadcasts daily news in Danish. In 2013 the past issues of the paper was digitalised. [2]

Flensborg Avis had a circulation of 6,000 copies in March 2008. [3]

The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages). [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Flensborg Avis" (PDF). Midas Press. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jan Christensen. "New life for old newspapers online" (PDF). WAN IFRA. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Flensborg Avis". Euro topics. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. Norman Berdichevsky (20 February 2004). Nations, Language and Citizenship. McFarland. p. 195. ISBN   978-0-7864-2700-0 . Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. "Members". Midas. Retrieved 11 August 2024.