Hordaland Folkeblad

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Hordaland Folkeblad (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Vestland county. [1]

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The newspaper was established in 1873 [1] and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the municipalities of Kvam and Jondal. [1] Hordaland Folkeblad is published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, and appears in Nynorsk. Locally, the newspaper is often referred to as Skaaralappen ('Skaar's slip') [2] after Nils Nilsson Skaar (1852–1948), who became the paper's editor in 1878 [3] and its sole owner in 1889. [1] The current editor is Sigbjørn Linga, who assumed the position in 2013. [3]

Circulation

According to the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, Hordaland Folkeblad has had the following annual circulation:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
  2. ↑ Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
  3. 1 2 Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
  4. ↑ "Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
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