Aalesunds Avis Explained

Aalesunds Avis (The Ålesund Gazette) was a newspaper published in Ålesund, Norway from 1917 to 1958. The paper belonged to the Conservative Party.^{[1] [2]} Its publication was halted by the Nazis in 1942. The paper resumed publication in 1947, and appeared weekly until 1958, when it was discontinued.

List of editors

• Gerhard Jynge 1917–1921^[2]
• Carl Ulfsæt 1921–1924
• Sigurd Woll 1924–1925^[3]
• Øyvin Lange 1925–1929^{[3] [4]}
• S. Stenbro Jacobsen 1929–1939^[4]
• Reidar Stavseth 1939–1940^{[5] [6]}
• Kjell Steinsvik 1940–1942
• Einar S. Ellefsen 1947–1958^[7]

Notes and References

1. A Guide to the Foreign Press. 1917. London: War Office, p. 106.
2. Diesen, Emil. 1921. Norske aviser og tidsskrifter med fortegnelse over norske pressefolk 1920. Kristiania, p. 19.
3. Høeg, Tom Arbo. 1974. Norske aviser: Registerbind. Oslo: Universitetsbibliotekets Hustrykkeri.
4. Petersen, K., & Birger Gotaas. 1952. Den konservative presses forening, 1892–1952. Tønsberg: Tønsbergs aktietrykkeri, pp. 76–77.
5. Kildal, Arne. 1945. Presse- og litteraturfronten under okkupasjonen, 1940–1945. Oslo: H. Aschehoug, p. 190.
6. Steenstrup, Bjørn. 1979. Hvem er hvem? Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, p. 601.
7. Dagspressen 24–25 (1951): 79.