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Odda Nyhetsblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Odda in Vestland county.

Odda Nyhetsblad was started in 1925 by Andreas Bjelland, who was the newspaper's only chief editor; [1] he had formerly published the newspaper Sandheden from 1909 to 1910. [1] Odda Nyhetsblad was closed in 1940, returned in 1945 but went defunct in 1946. [2]

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