| Flensborg Avis | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper (six times per week) |
| Foundation: | 1 October 1869 |
| Owners: | Flensborg Avis AG |
| Publisher: | Flensborg Avis AG |
| Chiefeditor: | Jørgen Møllekær |
| Language: | Danish (2/3) and German (1/3) |
| Political: | None |
| 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.
Flensborg Avis was first published on 1 October 1869 in Flensburg by members of the Danish minority in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. The paper represents the Danish minority in Southern Schleswig.[1] [2] The headquarters of the paper is in Flensburg 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.[3]
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.[4]
The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages).[5]