Hordaland Folkeblad Explained

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

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:

• 2006: 5,733
• 2007: 5,790
• 2008: 5,799
• 2009: 5,762
• 2010: 5,680
• 2011: 5,620
• 2012: 5,633
• 2013: 5,608
• 2014: 5,520
• 2015: 5,482^[1]
• 2016: 5,299^[4]

External links

• Hordaland Folkeblad home page

Notes and References

1. https://snl.no/Hordaland_Folkeblad Store norske leksikon: Hordaland Folkeblad.
2. Skaathun, Olav Bertin. 1961. Soga for Fusa, Hålandsdal og Strandvik. Bergen: Central trykkeriet, vol. 1. p. 153.
3. http://www.hf.no/omhf Hordaland Folkeblad: Om HF.
4. Web site: Medienorge: Opplagstall norske aviser. . 2017-05-22 . 2017-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170204194248/http://medienorge.uib.no/?cat=statistikk&page=avis&queryID=190 . dead .